WAUPACA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Waupaca County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Clintonville, Embarrass and Marion. 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 Waupaca County by the Numbers

Waupaca County has 967 farms on 230,412 acres (about 238 acres each). Together they sold $270.6 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, pumpkins, asparagus and squash. Beekeepers tend about 2,128 honey bee colonies.

99 farms in Waupaca County already sell straight to the public, about $911,000 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 Waupaca County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Waupaca County counts 64,740 head of cattle, 3,294 egg-laying hens and 819 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,671 people run or help run farms in Waupaca County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 204 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Waupaca County stands out: it ranks #4 of 69 WI counties for honey bee colonies.