SHAWANO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Shawano County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Birnamwood, Bowler and Gresham. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Shawano County by the Numbers

Shawano County has 1,029 farms on 253,092 acres (about 246 acres each). Together they sold $432.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,764 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Shawano County already sell straight to the public, about $795,000 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 Shawano County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 99,191 head of cattle, 9,302 egg-laying hens and 3,404 goats in Shawano County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,870 people run or help run farms in Shawano County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 196 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Shawano County stands out: it ranks #5 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies and #5 of 65 WI counties for goats.