RUSK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Rusk County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bruce, Conrath and Sheldon list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Wisconsin. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Rusk County by the Numbers

Rusk County has 454 farms on 118,421 acres (about 261 acres each). Together they sold $84.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Rusk County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Rusk County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 24,174 head of cattle, 1,996 egg-laying hens and 843 sheep in Rusk County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 776 people run or help run farms in Rusk County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.