COLFAX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Clarkson to and Schuyler, Colfax County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Nebraska favorites like apples and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Colfax County by the Numbers

Colfax County has 456 farms on 212,605 acres (about 466 acres each). Together they sold $431.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

7 farms in Colfax County already sell straight to the public, about $37,000 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 Colfax County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Colfax County counts 83,930 head of cattle, 77,934 hogs and 569 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 754 people run or help run farms in Colfax County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 85 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.