SEWARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Beaver Crossing, Bee and Milford buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Nebraska favorites like sweet corn and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Seward County by the Numbers

Seward County has 986 farms on 359,043 acres (about 364 acres each). Together they sold $388.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, bell peppers, cantaloupes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 41 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Seward County already sell straight to the public, about $360,000 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 Seward County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,622 head of cattle, 25,607 hogs and 1,747 egg-laying hens in Seward County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,801 people run or help run farms in Seward County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 190 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Seward County stands out: it ranks #8 of 93 NE counties for number of farms and #9 of 78 NE counties for egg-laying hens.