MCLEOD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in McLeod County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Brownton, Glencoe and Silver Lake. Minnesota favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in McLeod County by the Numbers

McLeod County has 801 farms on 246,163 acres (about 307 acres each). Together they sold $286.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, pumpkins and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 67 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in McLeod County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 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 McLeod County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,922 head of cattle, 7,779 hogs and 4,738 sheep in McLeod County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,418 people run or help run farms in McLeod County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 172 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where McLeod County stands out: it ranks #3 of 81 MN counties for selling food straight to the public.