ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Adams County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Corning, Nodaway and and Prescott. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 516 farms on 248,630 acres (about 482 acres each). Together they sold $193.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 303 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $50,000 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 Adams County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Adams County counts 49,787 hogs, 41,682 head of cattle and 525 egg-laying hens.

About 916 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 110 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Adams County stands out: it ranks #15 of 93 IA counties for honey bee colonies.