MEEKER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Meeker County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cosmos, Darwin and and Watkins. Minnesota favorites like honey and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Meeker County by the Numbers

Meeker County has 991 farms on 308,376 acres (about 311 acres each). Together they sold $497.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, pumpkins and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 178 honey bee colonies.

66 farms in Meeker County already sell straight to the public, about $920,000 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 Meeker County

Meeker County farms and homesteads keep 5,700,533 egg-laying hens, 34,907 head of cattle and 1,752 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,675 people run or help run farms in Meeker County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 177 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 Meeker County stands out: it ranks #1 of 79 MN counties for egg-laying hens and #17 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.