HAMILTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hamilton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aurora, Giltner and and Phillips. Nebraska favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hamilton County by the Numbers

Hamilton County has 507 farms on 298,232 acres (about 588 acres each). Together they sold $433.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 71 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Hamilton County already sell straight to the public, about $439,000 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 Hamilton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hamilton County counts 25,053 head of cattle, 3,071 hogs and 1,013 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 974 people run or help run farms in Hamilton County, with an average age of 55. 28% of them are women. 150 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.

Where Hamilton County stands out: it ranks #13 of 70 NE counties for selling food straight to the public.