REDWOOD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Redwood County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belview, Clements and Milroy. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Redwood County by the Numbers

Redwood County has 1,323 farms on 560,222 acres (about 423 acres each). Together they sold $804 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 112 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Redwood County already sell straight to the public, about $85,000 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 Redwood County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Redwood County counts 352,676 hogs, 350,724 turkeys and 49,053 head of cattle.

About 2,359 people run or help run farms in Redwood County, with an average age of 55. 24% of them are women. 321 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Redwood County stands out: it ranks #5 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales and #7 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.