ANTELOPE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Antelope County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Brunswick, Clearwater and Orchard. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Nebraska. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Antelope County by the Numbers

Antelope County has 664 farms on 525,448 acres (about 791 acres each). Together they sold $772.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 36 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Antelope County already sell straight to the public, about $32,000 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 Antelope County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 140,495 hogs, 131,008 head of cattle and 1,406 egg-laying hens in Antelope County.

About 1,225 people run or help run farms in Antelope County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 157 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Antelope County stands out: it ranks #7 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales and #12 of 78 NE counties for egg-laying hens.