DAKOTA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dakota County? Backyard growers and small farms around Dakota City, Homer and and South Sioux City list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Dakota County by the Numbers

Dakota County has 250 farms on 167,882 acres (about 672 acres each). Together they sold $134.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 49 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Dakota County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Dakota County

Dakota County farms and homesteads keep 19,236 hogs, 5,998 head of cattle and 520 sheep.

About 502 people run or help run farms in Dakota County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.