SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Sheboygan County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Adell, Cascade and Howards Grove. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sheboygan County by the Numbers

Sheboygan County has 842 farms on 198,776 acres (about 236 acres each). Together they sold $311.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, snow peas and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 102 honey bee colonies.

83 farms in Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Sheboygan County counts 75,329 head of cattle, 1,034 horses and ponies and 512 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,560 people run or help run farms in Sheboygan County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sheboygan County stands out: it ranks #14 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public.