STEVENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alberta, Chokio and and Morris buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Minnesota favorites like wild rice and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Stevens County by the Numbers

Stevens County has 500 farms on 330,936 acres (about 662 acres each). Together they sold $583.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 5 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Stevens County already sell straight to the public, about $112,000 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 Stevens County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 210,165 hogs, 53,804 head of cattle and 280 egg-laying hens in Stevens County.

About 962 people run or help run farms in Stevens County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Stevens County stands out: it ranks #15 of 87 MN counties for total farm sales.