DODGE COUNTY MARKET

Dodge County, Minnesota Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Claremont to and West Concord, Dodge County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Minnesota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dodge County by the Numbers

Dodge County has 614 farms on 280,440 acres (about 457 acres each). Together they sold $413.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn.

32 farms in Dodge County already sell straight to the public, about $682,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Dodge County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 243,721 hogs, 23,457 head of cattle and 3,073 egg-laying hens in Dodge County.

About 1,093 people run or help run farms in Dodge County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dodge County stands out: it ranks #14 of 77 MN counties for goats.