CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Clay County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nebraska for Clay Center, Deweese and Harvard. Nebraska favorites like apples and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 461 farms on 365,518 acres (about 793 acres each). Together they sold $581.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 1,458 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $24,000 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 Clay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Clay County counts 185,399 hogs, 50,961 head of cattle and 3,241 sheep.

About 861 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 55. 27% of them are women. 120 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 Clay County stands out: it ranks #2 of 48 NE counties for honey bee colonies and #14 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales.