OZAUKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ozaukee County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Mequon, Belgium and Saukville. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Wisconsin. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ozaukee County by the Numbers

Ozaukee County has 292 farms on 49,769 acres (about 170 acres each). Together they sold $86.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 73 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Ozaukee County already sell straight to the public, about $965,000 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 Ozaukee County

Ozaukee County farms and homesteads keep 17,231 head of cattle, 1,578 goats and 1,389 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 502 people run or help run farms in Ozaukee County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.