TREMPEALEAU COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Trempealeau County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arcadia, Blair and Independence. 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 Trempealeau County by the Numbers

Trempealeau County has 1,193 farms on 296,684 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $384.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, garlic and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 802 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Trempealeau County already sell straight to the public, about $681,000 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 Trempealeau County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 109,744 egg-laying hens, 56,003 head of cattle and 942 horses and ponies in Trempealeau County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,142 people run or help run farms in Trempealeau County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 190 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 Trempealeau County stands out: it ranks #7 of 66 WI counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies.