VILAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Boulder Junction, Conover and Manitowish Water buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Wisconsin favorites like cranberries and cherries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Vilas County by the Numbers

Vilas County has 34 farms on 5,847 acres (about 172 acres each). Together they sold $7.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 428 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Vilas County already sell straight to the public. 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 Vilas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vilas County counts 207 egg-laying hens and 40 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 59 people run or help run farms in Vilas County. 37% of them are women. 3 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.