WASHBURN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washburn County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Wisconsin for Birchwood, Earl and Spooner. Wisconsin favorites like cherries and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Washburn County by the Numbers

Washburn County has 317 farms on 70,390 acres (about 222 acres each). Together they sold $47.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 29 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Washburn County already sell straight to the public, about $489,000 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 Washburn County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 169,020 turkeys, 6,125 head of cattle and 1,423 egg-laying hens in Washburn County.

About 599 people run or help run farms in Washburn County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.