COLUMBIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Columbia County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Arlington, Cambria and Friesland. Wisconsin favorites like maple syrup and cranberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Columbia County by the Numbers

Columbia County has 1,199 farms on 290,003 acres (about 242 acres each). Together they sold $325.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, green peas and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 302 honey bee colonies.

113 farms in Columbia County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 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 Columbia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 56,789 head of cattle, 47,786 egg-laying hens and 5,709 hogs in Columbia County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,153 people run or help run farms in Columbia County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 203 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 Columbia County stands out: it ranks #12 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens and #14 of 72 WI counties for number of farms.