JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alpha to and Okabena, Jackson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local sweet corn 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 Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 845 farms on 384,337 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $501.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

23 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $109,000 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 Jackson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 229,617 hogs, 15,036 head of cattle and 1,816 sheep in Jackson County.

About 1,468 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 59. 25% of them are women. 149 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.