POLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Polk County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Angus, Beltrami and Erskine. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Polk County by the Numbers

Polk County has 1,223 farms on 1,083,394 acres (about 886 acres each). Together they sold $697.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, asparagus and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 18,807 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Polk County already sell straight to the public, about $48,000 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 Polk County

Polk County farms and homesteads keep 13,468 head of cattle, 1,862 hogs and 1,082 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,295 people run or help run farms in Polk County, with an average age of 55. 26% of them are women. 278 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Polk County stands out: it ranks #1 of 64 MN counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.