THAYER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alexandria to Chester, Thayer County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Nebraska favorites like apples and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Thayer County by the Numbers

Thayer County has 437 farms on 322,662 acres (about 738 acres each). Together they sold $336.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, watermelons and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 18 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Thayer County already sell straight to the public, about $113,000 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 Thayer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 44,561 head of cattle, 2,989 hogs and 711 sheep in Thayer County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 766 people run or help run farms in Thayer County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.