TRAVERSE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Traverse County? Backyard growers and small farms around Browns Valley, Dumont and and Wheaton list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Traverse County by the Numbers

Traverse County has 358 farms on 309,539 acres (about 865 acres each). Together they sold $259.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Traverse County

Traverse County farms and homesteads keep 12,478 hogs, 12,129 head of cattle and 41 horses and ponies.

About 587 people run or help run farms in Traverse County, with an average age of 59. 31% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.