CRAWFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crawford County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Eastman, Ferryville and Prairie Du Chien. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Wisconsin. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Crawford County by the Numbers

Crawford County has 899 farms on 194,544 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $97.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 429 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Crawford County already sell straight to the public, about $3.9 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 Crawford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 28,746 head of cattle, 1,346 sheep and 949 goats in Crawford County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,635 people run or help run farms in Crawford County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 133 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Crawford County stands out: it ranks #2 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public.