YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Yellow Medicine County? Backyard growers and small farms around Canby, Clarkfield and Porter list it here. Watch for local wild rice when it comes into season in Minnesota. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Yellow Medicine County by the Numbers

Yellow Medicine County has 847 farms on 383,404 acres (about 453 acres each). Together they sold $422.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce green beans, potatoes, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 105 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Yellow Medicine County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Yellow Medicine County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Yellow Medicine County counts 214,088 hogs, 19,424 head of cattle and 1,924 sheep.

About 1,474 people run or help run farms in Yellow Medicine County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 160 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.

Where Yellow Medicine County stands out: it ranks #16 of 81 MN counties for selling food straight to the public.