SARPY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Sarpy County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Papillion, Omaha and Richfield. Nebraska favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sarpy County by the Numbers

Sarpy County has 322 farms on 58,504 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $43.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes and kale. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Sarpy County already sell straight to the public, about $869,000 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 Sarpy County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,219 egg-laying hens, 1,073 head of cattle and 782 horses and ponies in Sarpy County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 601 people run or help run farms in Sarpy County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 22 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 Sarpy County stands out: it ranks #4 of 70 NE counties for selling food straight to the public and #16 of 78 NE counties for egg-laying hens.