JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Johnson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cook, Crab Orchard and and Tecumseh. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 382 farms on 128,141 acres (about 335 acres each). Together they sold $85.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 26 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Johnson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Johnson County counts 9,528 head of cattle, 5,058 hogs and 326 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 630 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 60. 29% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.