BARRON COUNTY MARKET

Barron County, Wisconsin Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Barron County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Almena, Barron and Chetek. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Wisconsin. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Barron County by the Numbers

Barron County has 1,118 farms on 282,265 acres (about 252 acres each). Together they sold $397.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, pumpkins and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 475 honey bee colonies.

92 farms in Barron County already sell straight to the public, about $862,000 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 Barron County

Barron County farms and homesteads keep 1,304,945 turkeys, 47,044 head of cattle and 4,375 egg-laying hens.

About 1,938 people run or help run farms in Barron County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 200 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Barron County stands out: it ranks #14 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.