DODGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ames to North Bend, Dodge 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dodge County by the Numbers

Dodge County has 694 farms on 337,094 acres (about 486 acres each). Together they sold $459.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 81 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Dodge County already sell straight to the public, about $149,000 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 Dodge County

Dodge County farms and homesteads keep 50,665 hogs, 47,195 head of cattle and 855 egg-laying hens.

About 1,257 people run or help run farms in Dodge County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 164 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.

Where Dodge County stands out: it ranks #17 of 93 NE counties for number of farms.