PIPESTONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Edgerton to Jasper, Pipestone County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pipestone County by the Numbers

Pipestone County has 529 farms on 227,976 acres (about 431 acres each). Together they sold $397.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce asparagus.

20 farms in Pipestone County already sell straight to the public, about $213,000 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 Pipestone County

Pipestone County farms and homesteads keep 303,763 hogs, 62,663 head of cattle and 4,162 sheep.

About 877 people run or help run farms in Pipestone County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 84 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.