MOWER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Mower County? Backyard growers and small farms around Adams, Austin and Grand Meadow list it here. Minnesota favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Mower County by the Numbers

Mower County has 999 farms on 380,070 acres (about 380 acres each). Together they sold $529.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, tomatoes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 23 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Mower County already sell straight to the public, about $299,000 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 Mower County

Mower County farms and homesteads keep 237,896 hogs, 21,245 head of cattle and 2,624 egg-laying hens.

About 1,779 people run or help run farms in Mower County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 150 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.

Where Mower County stands out: it ranks #13 of 77 MN counties for goats and #15 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.