GOODHUE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Goodhue County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cannon Falls, Frontenac and Red Wing. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Goodhue County by the Numbers

Goodhue County has 1,406 farms on 421,698 acres (about 300 acres each). Together they sold $595.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, pumpkins and potatoes.

112 farms in Goodhue County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Goodhue County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Goodhue County counts 99,919 hogs, 68,383 head of cattle and 11,070 egg-laying hens.

About 2,478 people run or help run farms in Goodhue County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 249 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Goodhue County stands out: it ranks #2 of 77 MN counties for goats and #6 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.