LAFAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lafayette County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Argyle, Belmont and Gratiot. Wisconsin favorites like cranberries and cherries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lafayette County by the Numbers

Lafayette County has 1,162 farms on 316,462 acres (about 272 acres each). Together they sold $447.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and hazelnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, onions, cabbage and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 1,159 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Lafayette County already sell straight to the public, about $544,000 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 Lafayette County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 89,618 head of cattle, 65,501 egg-laying hens and 14,610 hogs in Lafayette County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,065 people run or help run farms in Lafayette County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 291 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lafayette County stands out: it ranks #2 of 65 WI counties for goats and #10 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies.