CHASE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Champion, Enders and and Wauneta buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Chase County by the Numbers

Chase County has 304 farms on 544,157 acres (about 1,790 acres each). Together they sold $585.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, vegetables and wheat.

Local fields produce potatoes.

6 farms in Chase County already sell straight to the public, about $170,000 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 Chase County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Chase County counts 145,431 head of cattle, 1,178 goats and 349 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 624 people run or help run farms in Chase County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chase County stands out: it ranks #6 of 70 NE counties for goats and #13 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales.