FILLMORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Fillmore County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Canton, Chatfield and Mabel. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fillmore County by the Numbers

Fillmore County has 1,458 farms on 470,312 acres (about 323 acres each). Together they sold $519.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and hazelnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, broccoli and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 641 honey bee colonies.

76 farms in Fillmore County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 million 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 Fillmore County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 135,192 hogs, 60,869 head of cattle and 18,326 egg-laying hens in Fillmore County.

About 2,599 people run or help run farms in Fillmore County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 250 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fillmore County stands out: it ranks #3 of 77 MN counties for goats and #4 of 81 MN counties for selling food straight to the public.