ROCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Rock County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bassett, Newport and and Rose. Nebraska favorites like apples and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rock County by the Numbers

Rock County has 232 farms on 634,797 acres (about 2,736 acres each). Together they sold $133.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

3 farms in Rock County already sell straight to the public, about $53,000 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 Rock County

Rock County farms and homesteads keep 105,901 head of cattle, 480 horses and ponies and 213 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 401 people run or help run farms in Rock County, with an average age of 53. 34% of them are women. 58 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.