KANDIYOHI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kandiyohi County? Backyard growers and small farms around Atwater, Hawick and Pennock list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kandiyohi County by the Numbers

Kandiyohi County has 1,252 farms on 494,447 acres (about 395 acres each). Together they sold $715.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, poultry & eggs and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 6,499 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Kandiyohi County already sell straight to the public, about $311,000 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 Kandiyohi County

Kandiyohi County farms and homesteads keep 2,441,677 turkeys, 137,155 hogs and 41,065 head of cattle.

About 2,303 people run or help run farms in Kandiyohi County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 174 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kandiyohi County stands out: it ranks #4 of 77 MN counties for goats and #4 of 64 MN counties for honey bee colonies.