GREELEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Greeley to and Wolbach, Greeley 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. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Greeley County by the Numbers

Greeley County has 220 farms on 155,366 acres (about 706 acres each). Together they sold $201.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 45 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Greeley County already sell straight to the public, about $44,000 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 Greeley County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 39,680 head of cattle, 1,217 sheep and 96 horses and ponies in Greeley County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 385 people run or help run farms in Greeley County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 44 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.