GARFIELD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Burwell and the rest of Garfield County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Garfield County by the Numbers

Garfield County has 166 farms on 356,737 acres (about 2,149 acres each). Together they sold $116.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples.

4 farms in Garfield County already sell straight to the public. 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 Garfield County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 50,631 head of cattle, 672 goats and 468 horses and ponies in Garfield County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 279 people run or help run farms in Garfield County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.