NOBLES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Nobles County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Adrian, Bigelow and Lismore. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Minnesota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Nobles County by the Numbers

Nobles County has 938 farms on 366,330 acres (about 391 acres each). Together they sold $761.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 15 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Nobles County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Nobles County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Nobles County counts 504,733 hogs, 74,944 head of cattle and 1,585 egg-laying hens.

About 1,730 people run or help run farms in Nobles County, with an average age of 55. 28% of them are women. 304 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 Nobles County stands out: it ranks #7 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.