MARTIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ceylon to Ormsby, Martin County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Martin County by the Numbers

Martin County has 823 farms on 454,025 acres (about 552 acres each). Together they sold $943 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 174 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Martin County already sell straight to the public, about $37,000 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 Martin County

Martin County farms and homesteads keep 845,233 hogs, 12,977 head of cattle and 1,819 sheep.

About 1,428 people run or help run farms in Martin County, with an average age of 56. 25% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Martin County stands out: it ranks #2 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.