LINCOLN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lincoln County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Gleason, Irma and and Tomahawk. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lincoln County by the Numbers

Lincoln County has 419 farms on 79,496 acres (about 190 acres each). Together they sold $47.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 121 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Lincoln County already sell straight to the public, about $585,000 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 Lincoln County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lincoln County counts 30,619 egg-laying hens, 11,157 head of cattle and 1,285 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 767 people run or help run farms in Lincoln County, with an average age of 54. 37% of them are women. 97 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lincoln County stands out: it ranks #14 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens.