WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Washington County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Allenton, Colgate and Jackson. Wisconsin favorites like cherries and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 580 farms on 118,210 acres (about 204 acres each). Together they sold $184.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 162 honey bee colonies.

105 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Washington County

Washington County farms and homesteads keep 34,572 head of cattle, 898 horses and ponies and 580 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,065 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 90 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #9 of 69 WI counties for selling food straight to the public.