WABASHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Wabasha County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Minnesota for Elgin, Hammond and Plainview. Minnesota favorites like sweet corn and wild rice show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wabasha County by the Numbers

Wabasha County has 743 farms on 235,417 acres (about 317 acres each). Together they sold $329.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, lettuce and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 73 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Wabasha County already sell straight to the public, about $120,000 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 Wabasha County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wabasha County counts 64,958 head of cattle, 41,069 hogs and 1,886 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,311 people run or help run farms in Wabasha County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.