FILLMORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Exeter, Fairmont and Ohiowa buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Nebraska. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fillmore County by the Numbers

Fillmore County has 496 farms on 361,979 acres (about 730 acres each). Together they sold $466.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

8 farms in Fillmore County already sell straight to the public, about $513,000 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 Fillmore County

Fillmore County farms and homesteads keep 37,944 head of cattle, 37,184 hogs and 1,007 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 846 people run or help run farms in Fillmore County, with an average age of 53. 21% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Fillmore County stands out: it ranks #10 of 70 NE counties for selling food straight to the public.