BURT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Burt County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nebraska for Craig, Decatur and and Tekamah. 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 Burt County by the Numbers

Burt County has 553 farms on 249,577 acres (about 451 acres each). Together they sold $300.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, sheep & goats and horses.

Beekeepers tend about 92 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Burt County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Burt County

Burt County farms and homesteads keep 26,858 head of cattle, 1,024 sheep and 909 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,050 people run or help run farms in Burt County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 144 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 Burt County stands out: it ranks #10 of 48 NE counties for honey bee colonies.