WILKIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Wilkin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Breckenridge, Doran and Rothsay. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Wilkin County by the Numbers

Wilkin County has 358 farms on 401,044 acres (about 1,120 acres each). Together they sold $254.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 10 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Wilkin County already sell straight to the public, about $93,000 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 Wilkin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wilkin County counts 3,241 head of cattle, 341 egg-laying hens and 190 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 648 people run or help run farms in Wilkin County, with an average age of 55. 24% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.