RED LAKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Brooks, Oklee and and Red Lake Falls buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Red Lake County by the Numbers

Red Lake County has 274 farms on 196,716 acres (about 718 acres each). Together they sold $109.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, wheat and corn.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Red Lake County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,937 head of cattle, 349 goats and 161 sheep in Red Lake County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 447 people run or help run farms in Red Lake County, with an average age of 55. 23% of them are women. 49 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.