ADAIR COUNTY MARKET

Adair County, Iowa Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Adair County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adair, Bridgewater and and Orient. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Adair County by the Numbers

Adair County has 748 farms on 348,125 acres (about 465 acres each). Together they sold $260.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, lettuce, spinach and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 52 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Adair County already sell straight to the public, about $175,000 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 Adair County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,672 hogs, 33,911 head of cattle and 1,505 sheep in Adair County.

About 1,371 people run or help run farms in Adair County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.