PLATTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Creston, Duncan and Platte Center buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Nebraska. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Platte County by the Numbers

Platte County has 902 farms on 430,831 acres (about 478 acres each). Together they sold $1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, and local fields produce green beans, kale, rhubarb and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 52 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Platte County already sell straight to the public. 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 Platte County

Platte County farms and homesteads keep 573,569 hogs, 125,056 head of cattle and 662 egg-laying hens.

About 1,497 people run or help run farms in Platte County, with an average age of 55. 26% of them are women. 210 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Platte County stands out: it ranks #2 of 93 NE counties for total farm sales and #10 of 93 NE counties for number of farms.