STANTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Pilger, Stanton County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Stanton County by the Numbers

Stanton County has 532 farms on 193,736 acres (about 364 acres each). Together they sold $223.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce tomatoes, chile peppers, cucumbers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 82 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Stanton County already sell straight to the public, about $61,000 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 Stanton County

Stanton County farms and homesteads keep 70,935 hogs, 31,763 head of cattle and 520 sheep.

About 937 people run or help run farms in Stanton County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 108 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.