An 80-year-old Northeast Nebraska farm growing 22 apple varieties across 40 acres — but multiple accounts describe it as a farm-stand-and-tours business rather than pick-your-own, so this is a market stop, not a u-pick destination.
DeGroot Orchards has grown apples near Madison, Nebraska, for close to 80 years, cultivating a notably wide 22-variety lineup across 40 acres. The most important thing to know before visiting: multiple independent accounts describe this as a seasonal farm-stand-and-tours business rather than a pick-your-own operation. If your plan is to pick apples yourself, this record indicates that’s not what’s on offer here.
The farm’s long operating history — close to 80 years — combined with a genuinely wide 22-variety count, suggests a well-established, diversified apple operation. What the record can’t tell you is which 22 varieties specifically, since no names were reported by any source checked. If a specific apple matters to you, that’s a gap you’d need to fill with a direct call.
This is the record’s central, load-bearing fact: per multiple accounts (Only in Your State, VisitNebraska), DeGroot “isn’t a u-pick operation.” Instead, it offers guided tours and sells produce through a stand. That’s a meaningfully different visitor experience from an orchard where you walk the rows yourself — expect a more curated visit, likely centered on the tour and the retail stand rather than independent picking.
A direct fetch of the orchard’s Facebook page returned no usable content during this research pass, but the record notes that Facebook nonetheless appears to be the farm’s main public update channel, rather than a standalone website. That limits how much can be verified about current-season specifics from outside sources.
No outlet reported current hours or pricing for DeGroot Orchards. Combined with the farm-stand-and-tours model (rather than open, staffed picking hours), that absence makes sense — a tour-based visit may well require calling ahead to schedule rather than simply showing up during posted hours.
The address is 83210 554th Ave, Madison, NE 68748. The listed coordinates are Madison, NE city-center coordinates rather than a geocode of the 554th Ave address, so treat the map pin as approximate.
DeGroot Orchards is a legitimate, long-running Northeast Nebraska apple grower with real depth of variety, but it’s a market-and-tours stop, not a pick-your-own destination. Calling 402-454-3445 ahead of time is the only reliable way to check the 2026 season, since no hours or pricing are published anywhere.
Not stated in the record. No hours, season dates, or pricing were found anywhere.
You specifically want to pick your own apples — third-party coverage describes DeGroot as not offering u-pick.
No, according to third-party coverage. Only in Your State and VisitNebraska both describe DeGroot as not a u-pick operation, instead offering guided tours and a produce stand.
22, per third-party coverage, grown across 40 acres. Specific variety names aren't listed.
Close to 80 years, near Madison, Nebraska.
No usable content could be retrieved from the farm's Facebook page during research, so its main public update channel appears to be Facebook rather than a standalone website.
Not reported by any outlet checked, so both are left null in the record. Calling ahead is the only reliable way to check current status.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
83210 554th Ave, Madison, NE 68748, in Madison County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Northeast Nebraska.
There are 4 other orchards we track in Madison County. All Northeast Nebraska orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
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Checked September 2026.