GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Grant County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Bagley, Bloomington and Dickeyville. Wisconsin favorites like maple syrup and cranberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 2,264 farms on 586,453 acres (about 259 acres each). Together they sold $656.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and chestnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, potatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 387 honey bee colonies.

67 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $1 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 Grant County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grant County counts 246,405 egg-laying hens, 167,378 head of cattle and 104,263 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 4,130 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 461 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grant County stands out: it ranks #1 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales and #2 of 72 WI counties for number of farms.