ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

Adams County, Nebraska Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ayr, Hastings and and Roseland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 487 farms on 334,735 acres (about 687 acres each). Together they sold $524.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $24,000 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 Adams County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Adams County counts 62,608 head of cattle, 51,265 hogs and 388 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 898 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 54. 34% of them are women. 180 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Adams County stands out: it ranks #16 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales.