BUTLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ulysses, Abie and Dwight buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Nebraska. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Butler County by the Numbers

Butler County has 718 farms on 359,127 acres (about 500 acres each). Together they sold $634.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Butler County already sell straight to the public, about $171,000 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 Butler County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 543,468 egg-laying hens, 59,663 hogs and 48,777 head of cattle in Butler County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,272 people run or help run farms in Butler County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 150 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Butler County stands out: it ranks #1 of 78 NE counties for egg-laying hens and #10 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales.