WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Washington County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arlington, Blair and and Washington. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 688 farms on 216,575 acres (about 315 acres each). Together they sold $182.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, potatoes, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 261 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $463,000 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 Washington County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 29,022 hogs, 15,904 head of cattle and 1,592 sheep in Washington County.

About 1,234 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 115 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #3 of 70 NE counties for goats and #5 of 48 NE counties for honey bee colonies.