KEWAUNEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kewaunee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Algoma, Casco and and Luxemburg list it here. Wisconsin favorites like cranberries and cherries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Kewaunee County by the Numbers

Kewaunee County has 605 farms on 168,893 acres (about 279 acres each). Together they sold $467.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, and local fields produce green beans, beets, carrots and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 112 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Kewaunee County already sell straight to the public, about $542,000 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 Kewaunee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 105,220 head of cattle, 4,624 hogs and 1,439 egg-laying hens in Kewaunee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,097 people run or help run farms in Kewaunee County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 64 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.

Where Kewaunee County stands out: it ranks #8 of 69 WI counties for total farm sales.