CHEYENNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Cheyenne County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nebraska for Dalton, Gurley and and Sidney. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Nebraska. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cheyenne County by the Numbers

Cheyenne County has 622 farms on 764,545 acres (about 1,229 acres each). Together they sold $192.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Cheyenne County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Cheyenne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 52,669 head of cattle, 906 egg-laying hens and 505 horses and ponies in Cheyenne County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,108 people run or help run farms in Cheyenne County, with an average age of 61. 32% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.