DOUGLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Douglas County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Barnes, Brule and Lake Nebagamon. Wisconsin favorites like cranberries and cherries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Douglas County by the Numbers

Douglas County has 213 farms on 67,866 acres (about 319 acres each). Together they sold $12.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Douglas County already sell straight to the public, about $116,000 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 Douglas County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,184 head of cattle, 1,144 egg-laying hens and 261 horses and ponies in Douglas County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 366 people run or help run farms in Douglas County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 25 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.