JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alma Center, Black River Fall and and Taylor buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Wisconsin. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 770 farms on 228,011 acres (about 296 acres each). Together they sold $216.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet potatoes, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 145 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $299,000 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 Jackson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jackson County counts 32,541 head of cattle, 17,326 egg-laying hens and 8,213 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,442 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 167 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.