DIXON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dixon County? Backyard growers and small farms around Allen, Concord and Ponca list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dixon County by the Numbers

Dixon County has 515 farms on 275,098 acres (about 534 acres each). Together they sold $340.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Dixon County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Dixon County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dixon County counts 48,058 hogs, 37,711 head of cattle and 1,082 sheep.

About 893 people run or help run farms in Dixon County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 77 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.