RENVILLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bird Island to Hector, Renville County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Minnesota favorites like sweet corn and wild rice show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Renville County by the Numbers

Renville County has 931 farms on 626,065 acres (about 672 acres each). Together they sold $810.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, bell peppers and beets. Beekeepers tend about 26 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Renville County already sell straight to the public, about $201,000 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 Renville County

Renville County farms and homesteads keep 253,395 hogs, 198,652 turkeys and 26,887 head of cattle.

About 1,591 people run or help run farms in Renville County, with an average age of 56. 28% of them are women. 135 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Renville County stands out: it ranks #4 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.