POPE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pope County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cyrus, Glenwood and and Villard. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pope County by the Numbers

Pope County has 821 farms on 310,041 acres (about 378 acres each). Together they sold $244.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce green peas. Beekeepers tend about 9,419 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Pope County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 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 Pope County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pope County counts 68,364 hogs, 19,845 head of cattle and 903 sheep.

About 1,440 people run or help run farms in Pope County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 126 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 Pope County stands out: it ranks #3 of 64 MN counties for honey bee colonies.