WADENA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wadena County? Backyard growers and small farms around Aldrich, Menahga and and Wadena list it here. Minnesota favorites like wild rice and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wadena County by the Numbers

Wadena County has 442 farms on 123,335 acres (about 279 acres each). Together they sold $105.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, vegetables and soybeans.

Local fields produce potatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 63 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Wadena County already sell straight to the public, about $41,000 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 Wadena County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,719 head of cattle, 3,421 egg-laying hens and 2,098 sheep in Wadena County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 721 people run or help run farms in Wadena County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 53 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.