DEUEL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Deuel County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nebraska for Big Springs, and Chappell. 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 Deuel County by the Numbers

Deuel County has 203 farms on 234,166 acres (about 1,154 acres each). Together they sold $73.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

3 farms in Deuel County already sell straight to the public, about $1,000 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 Deuel County

Deuel County farms and homesteads keep 15,465 head of cattle, 326 egg-laying hens and 177 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 351 people run or help run farms in Deuel County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.