BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Brown County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ainsworth, Johnstown and and Long Pine list it here. Nebraska favorites like sweet corn and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 291 farms on 774,981 acres (about 2,663 acres each). Together they sold $327.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

8 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $6,000 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 Brown County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Brown County counts 136,229 head of cattle, 643 horses and ponies and 408 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 539 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 54. 35% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.