JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Jefferson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Cambridge, Fort Atkinson and Johnson Creek. 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 Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 955 farms on 191,783 acres (about 201 acres each). Together they sold $468.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, tart cherries and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, kale and Brussels sprouts. Beekeepers tend about 208 honey bee colonies.

90 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,943,485 egg-laying hens, 37,630 head of cattle and 1,105 sheep in Jefferson County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,658 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jefferson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens and #7 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.