SALINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crete, De Witt and Tobias buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Nebraska. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Saline County by the Numbers

Saline County has 685 farms on 286,753 acres (about 419 acres each). Together they sold $247.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 62 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Saline 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 Saline County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,444 hogs, 18,653 head of cattle and 524 egg-laying hens in Saline County.

About 1,241 people run or help run farms in Saline County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 113 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Saline County stands out: it ranks #19 of 93 NE counties for number of farms.