ROCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Beaver Creek to Magnolia, Rock County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Rock County by the Numbers

Rock County has 573 farms on 261,220 acres (about 456 acres each). Together they sold $624 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins, asparagus, spinach and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Rock County already sell straight to the public, about $36,000 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 Rock County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 400,859 hogs, 70,805 head of cattle and 665 sheep in Rock County.

About 992 people run or help run farms in Rock County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 118 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 Rock County stands out: it ranks #10 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.