CAYUGA COUNTY MARKET

Cayuga County, New York Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Cayuga County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Auburn, Aurora and King Ferry. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cayuga County by the Numbers

Cayuga County has 747 farms on 222,764 acres (about 298 acres each). Together they sold $461.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and chestnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, pumpkins and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,266 honey bee colonies.

107 farms in Cayuga County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 million 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 Cayuga County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 82,794 head of cattle, 49,801 egg-laying hens and 3,017 sheep in Cayuga County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,324 people run or help run farms in Cayuga County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 134 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cayuga County stands out: it ranks #1 of 60 NY counties for total farm sales and #1 of 54 NY counties for goats.