PIERCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pierce County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bay City, Beldenville and Maiden Rock. 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 Pierce County by the Numbers

Pierce County has 1,150 farms on 229,659 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $190.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and tart cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, tomatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 1,660 honey bee colonies.

110 farms in Pierce County already sell straight to the public, about $1.7 million 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 Pierce County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 40,211 head of cattle, 3,577 egg-laying hens and 2,298 sheep in Pierce County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,019 people run or help run farms in Pierce County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 146 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 Pierce County stands out: it ranks #6 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies and #13 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public.