SHERMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sherman County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ashton, Hazard and and Rockville. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Nebraska. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Sherman County by the Numbers

Sherman County has 326 farms on 222,304 acres (about 682 acres each). Together they sold $134.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

3 farms in Sherman County already sell straight to the public, about $64,000 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 Sherman County

Sherman County farms and homesteads keep 43,369 head of cattle, 385 egg-laying hens and 235 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 606 people run or help run farms in Sherman County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 104 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.