VALLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Valley County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Nebraska for Arcadia, Elyria and and Ord. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Nebraska. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Valley County by the Numbers

Valley County has 264 farms on 262,372 acres (about 994 acres each). Together they sold $200.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes.

4 farms in Valley County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Valley County

Valley County farms and homesteads keep 73,652 head of cattle, 439 hogs and 203 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 451 people run or help run farms in Valley County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.