WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Wayne County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clyde, Lyons and North Rose. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in New York. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 863 farms on 167,220 acres (about 194 acres each). Together they sold $381.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, tart cherries and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, onions and squash. Beekeepers tend about 1,967 honey bee colonies.

157 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $2.9 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 Wayne County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wayne County counts 27,938 head of cattle, 8,827 hogs and 975 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,605 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 206 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wayne County stands out: it ranks #3 of 60 NY counties for total farm sales and #4 of 56 NY counties for honey bee colonies.