STEELE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Steele County? Backyard growers and small farms around Blooming Prairie, Ellendale and and Owatonna list it here. 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 Steele County by the Numbers

Steele County has 721 farms on 245,834 acres (about 341 acres each). Together they sold $397 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, green beans and cucumbers.

31 farms in Steele County already sell straight to the public, about $73,000 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 Steele County

Steele County farms and homesteads keep 190,562 turkeys, 116,411 hogs and 6,622 head of cattle.

About 1,245 people run or help run farms in Steele County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.