ALLAMAKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dorchester, Harpers Ferry and Waterville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Allamakee County by the Numbers

Allamakee County has 1,034 farms on 304,451 acres (about 294 acres each). Together they sold $333 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 434 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Allamakee County already sell straight to the public, about $123,000 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 Allamakee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 124,408 hogs, 72,317 head of cattle and 16,153 egg-laying hens in Allamakee County.

About 1,833 people run or help run farms in Allamakee County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 213 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Allamakee County stands out: it ranks #10 of 93 IA counties for honey bee colonies and #15 of 96 IA counties for goats.