PORTAGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Portage County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Almond, Amherst and Junction City. Wisconsin favorites like maple syrup and cranberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Portage County by the Numbers

Portage County has 951 farms on 273,256 acres (about 287 acres each). Together they sold $372 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, green beans and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 334 honey bee colonies.

91 farms in Portage County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 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 Portage County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Portage County counts 42,203 head of cattle, 4,002 egg-laying hens and 618 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,680 people run or help run farms in Portage County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 157 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.