GAGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Adams, Barneston and Cortland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Nebraska. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Gage County by the Numbers

Gage County has 1,156 farms on 541,630 acres (about 469 acres each). Together they sold $388.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Gage County already sell straight to the public, about $49,000 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 Gage County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gage County counts 37,254 hogs, 33,769 head of cattle and 511 horses and ponies.

About 1,991 people run or help run farms in Gage County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 153 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gage County stands out: it ranks #3 of 93 NE counties for number of farms.