DODGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dodge County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ashippun, Beaver Dam and Horicon list it here. Wisconsin favorites like cranberries and cherries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dodge County by the Numbers

Dodge County has 1,489 farms on 374,456 acres (about 251 acres each). Together they sold $499.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 136 honey bee colonies.

111 farms in Dodge County already sell straight to the public, about $3 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 Dodge County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dodge County counts 96,516 head of cattle, 13,810 egg-laying hens and 10,936 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,696 people run or help run farms in Dodge County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 212 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dodge County stands out: it ranks #4 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.