PERKINS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Perkins County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Elsie, Grant and and Venango. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Perkins County by the Numbers

Perkins County has 379 farms on 559,496 acres (about 1,476 acres each). Together they sold $215.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce lettuce, watermelons, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 4 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Perkins County already sell straight to the public, about $273,000 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 Perkins County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,653 head of cattle, 18,601 hogs and 825 sheep in Perkins County. 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 Perkins County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.