JUNEAU COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Juneau County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cutler, Elroy and Necedah. 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 Juneau County by the Numbers

Juneau County has 622 farms on 167,871 acres (about 270 acres each). Together they sold $168.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, plums and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, beets and spinach. Beekeepers tend about 364 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Juneau County already sell straight to the public, about $372,000 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 Juneau County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 23,824 head of cattle, 2,187 egg-laying hens and 585 horses and ponies in Juneau County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,165 people run or help run farms in Juneau County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 134 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.