MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Monroe County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cashton, Kendall and Wilton. Wisconsin favorites like maple syrup and cranberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 1,375 farms on 263,476 acres (about 192 acres each). Together they sold $249.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, hazelnuts and grapes, and local fields produce squash, pumpkins, sweet corn and beets. Beekeepers tend about 654 honey bee colonies.

85 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $452,000 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 Monroe County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 202,176 egg-laying hens, 59,114 head of cattle and 2,972 goats in Monroe County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,520 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 369 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Monroe County stands out: it ranks #4 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens and #6 of 65 WI counties for goats.