CASS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cass County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alvo, Avoca and Greenwood. Nebraska favorites like sweet corn and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cass County by the Numbers

Cass County has 662 farms on 299,543 acres (about 452 acres each). Together they sold $200.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and peaches, and local fields produce asparagus, squash, onions and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 46 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Cass County already sell straight to the public, about $263,000 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 Cass County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,730 head of cattle, 5,016 hogs and 574 sheep in Cass County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,205 people run or help run farms in Cass County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.