KNOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Knox County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bloomfield, Center and Verdigre list it here. 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 Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 950 farms on 482,157 acres (about 508 acres each). Together they sold $469.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and hogs.

10 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $92,000 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 Knox County

Knox County farms and homesteads keep 120,220 hogs, 116,640 head of cattle and 1,447 sheep.

About 1,767 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 182 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #9 of 93 NE counties for number of farms and #9 of 70 NE counties for goats.