NEMAHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Nemaha County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Auburn, Brock and and Peru. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Nebraska. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Nemaha County by the Numbers

Nemaha County has 397 farms on 242,887 acres (about 612 acres each). Together they sold $168.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples.

16 farms in Nemaha County already sell straight to the public, about $151,000 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 Nemaha County

Nemaha County farms and homesteads keep 4,662 head of cattle, 449 egg-laying hens and 279 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 685 people run or help run farms in Nemaha County, with an average age of 61. 31% of them are women. 51 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.