NICOLLET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Nicollet County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Courtland, Lafayette and and Saint Peter. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Nicollet County by the Numbers

Nicollet County has 660 farms on 278,870 acres (about 423 acres each). Together they sold $596.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, pumpkins and tomatoes.

27 farms in Nicollet County already sell straight to the public, about $325,000 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 Nicollet County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,978,554 egg-laying hens, 405,026 hogs and 22,187 head of cattle in Nicollet County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,163 people run or help run farms in Nicollet County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 97 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Nicollet County stands out: it ranks #3 of 79 MN counties for egg-laying hens and #12 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.