HOLT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Amelia to Inman, Holt County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Holt County by the Numbers

Holt County has 1,198 farms on 1,542,780 acres (about 1,288 acres each). Together they sold $648.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, squash and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 7 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Holt County already sell straight to the public, about $534,000 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 Holt County

Holt County farms and homesteads keep 190,677 head of cattle, 118,022 hogs and 3,721 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,296 people run or help run farms in Holt County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 268 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Holt County stands out: it ranks #2 of 93 NE counties for number of farms and #5 of 78 NE counties for egg-laying hens.