BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Green Bay to Greenleaf, Brown County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Wisconsin favorites like cherries and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 907 farms on 181,018 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $454.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 2,318 honey bee colonies.

77 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Brown County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 130,566 head of cattle, 6,289 goats and 3,193 egg-laying hens in Brown County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,598 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brown County stands out: it ranks #3 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies and #3 of 65 WI counties for goats.