WEBSTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bladen, Blue Hill and and Red Cloud buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Nebraska favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Webster County by the Numbers

Webster County has 350 farms on 324,449 acres (about 927 acres each). Together they sold $409.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 221 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Webster County already sell straight to the public, about $36,000 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 Webster County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Webster County counts 88,001 head of cattle, 15,229 hogs and 6,933 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 552 people run or help run farms in Webster County, with an average age of 54. 31% of them are women. 111 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.

Where Webster County stands out: it ranks #6 of 48 NE counties for honey bee colonies.