WAUSHARA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Coloma to Redgranite, Waushara County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Wisconsin favorites like cherries and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Waushara County by the Numbers

Waushara County has 627 farms on 149,098 acres (about 238 acres each). Together they sold $187.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, potatoes, sweet corn and cucumbers.

47 farms in Waushara County already sell straight to the public, about $875,000 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 Waushara County

Waushara County farms and homesteads keep 14,740 head of cattle, 2,289 egg-laying hens and 1,693 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,168 people run or help run farms in Waushara County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 94 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.