IRON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Iron County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Gile, Hurley and Saxon. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Iron County by the Numbers

Iron County has 57 farms on 8,578 acres (about 150 acres each).

Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Iron County already sell straight to the public, about $28,000 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 Iron County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,390 head of cattle, 315 egg-laying hens and 62 turkeys in Iron County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 107 people run or help run farms in Iron County, with an average age of 55. 38% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.