POLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Polk County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Balsam Lake, Centuria and Cushing. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Polk County by the Numbers

Polk County has 1,066 farms on 239,493 acres (about 225 acres each). Together they sold $189.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and hazelnuts, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, pumpkins and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 1,397 honey bee colonies.

158 farms in Polk County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Polk County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 103,132 turkeys, 36,396 head of cattle and 4,884 egg-laying hens in Polk County.

About 1,876 people run or help run farms in Polk County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 158 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Polk County stands out: it ranks #7 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies and #10 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public.