PHELPS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Phelps County? Backyard growers and small farms around Atlanta, Bertrand and and Loomis list it here. Nebraska favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Phelps County by the Numbers

Phelps County has 340 farms on 282,710 acres (about 832 acres each). Together they sold $851.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and tomatoes.

9 farms in Phelps County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Phelps County

Phelps County farms and homesteads keep 207,473 head of cattle, 276 egg-laying hens and 208 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 605 people run or help run farms in Phelps County, with an average age of 54. 30% of them are women. 80 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Phelps County stands out: it ranks #6 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales.