SCOTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Scott County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Minnesota for Belle Plaine, Elko and Savage. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Minnesota. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Scott County by the Numbers

Scott County has 624 farms on 99,629 acres (about 160 acres each). Together they sold $91.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 1,111 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Scott County already sell straight to the public, about $808,000 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 Scott County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,819 head of cattle, 3,977 egg-laying hens and 1,115 horses and ponies in Scott County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,097 people run or help run farms in Scott County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 93 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Scott County stands out: it ranks #10 of 77 MN counties for goats.