WRIGHT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Albertville to Delano, Wright County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Minnesota. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Wright County by the Numbers

Wright County has 1,310 farms on 224,831 acres (about 172 acres each). Together they sold $283 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 829 honey bee colonies.

129 farms in Wright County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 million 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 Wright County

Wright County farms and homesteads keep 27,929 head of cattle, 4,681 hogs and 1,721 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,280 people run or help run farms in Wright County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 198 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wright County stands out: it ranks #5 of 81 MN counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 87 MN counties for number of farms.