SCHUYLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Alpine to Hector, Schuyler County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Schuyler County by the Numbers

Schuyler County has 358 farms on 70,731 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $68.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 1,797 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Schuyler County already sell straight to the public, about $10.8 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 Schuyler County

Schuyler County farms and homesteads keep 35,157 egg-laying hens, 12,995 head of cattle and 1,127 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 696 people run or help run farms in Schuyler County, with an average age of 55. 41% of them are women. 91 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Schuyler County stands out: it ranks #5 of 56 NY counties for honey bee colonies and #6 of 59 NY counties for selling food straight to the public.