FOND DU LAC COUNTY MARKET

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Brandon to Malone, Fond du Lac County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Fond du Lac County by the Numbers

Fond du Lac County has 1,163 farms on 308,888 acres (about 266 acres each). Together they sold $612.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, green beans and snow peas. Beekeepers tend about 135 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Fond du Lac County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 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 Fond du Lac County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 125,069 head of cattle, 2,318 egg-laying hens and 1,261 sheep in Fond du Lac County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,142 people run or help run farms in Fond du Lac County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 153 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fond du Lac County stands out: it ranks #3 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.