BOX BUTTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alliance, Box Butte County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Nebraska favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Box Butte County by the Numbers

Box Butte County has 437 farms on 685,555 acres (about 1,569 acres each). Together they sold $239.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and wheat.

7 farms in Box Butte County already sell straight to the public, about $3,000 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 Box Butte County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 54,930 head of cattle, 657 sheep and 518 egg-laying hens in Box Butte County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 752 people run or help run farms in Box Butte County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.