CLARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Abbotsford, Chili and Granton buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Wisconsin. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clark County by the Numbers

Clark County has 1,785 farms on 409,582 acres (about 229 acres each). Together they sold $568.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 1,327 honey bee colonies.

90 farms in Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $693,000 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 Clark County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 193,933 egg-laying hens, 148,739 head of cattle and 3,044 horses and ponies in Clark County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,309 people run or help run farms in Clark County, with an average age of 52. 38% of them are women. 589 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clark County stands out: it ranks #5 of 72 WI counties for number of farms and #5 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.