LINCOLN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Brady to Sutherland, Lincoln 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lincoln County by the Numbers

Lincoln County has 995 farms on 1,638,602 acres (about 1,647 acres each). Together they sold $1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 36 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Lincoln County already sell straight to the public, about $297,000 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 Lincoln County

Lincoln County farms and homesteads keep 305,622 head of cattle, 1,683 horses and ponies and 1,306 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,977 people run or help run farms in Lincoln County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 200 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lincoln County stands out: it ranks #3 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales and #7 of 93 NE counties for number of farms.