HOUSTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Houston County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Brownsville, Caledonia and La Crescent. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Minnesota. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Houston County by the Numbers

Houston County has 797 farms on 223,021 acres (about 280 acres each). Together they sold $213 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Houston County already sell straight to the public, about $318,000 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 Houston County

Houston County farms and homesteads keep 46,700 head of cattle, 18,419 hogs and 1,471 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,481 people run or help run farms in Houston County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 108 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.