BURNETT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Burnett County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Dairyland, Evergreen and and Webster. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Burnett County by the Numbers

Burnett County has 302 farms on 77,858 acres (about 258 acres each). Together they sold $49.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 50 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Burnett County already sell straight to the public, about $104,000 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 Burnett County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Burnett County counts 10,805 head of cattle, 1,583 egg-laying hens and 532 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 532 people run or help run farms in Burnett County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.