BUTLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Allison to Dumont, Butler County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Butler County by the Numbers

Butler County has 1,063 farms on 327,856 acres (about 308 acres each). Together they sold $469.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce chile peppers, potatoes, onions and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Butler County already sell straight to the public, about $224,000 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 Butler County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 316,356 hogs, 16,947 head of cattle and 1,967 egg-laying hens in Butler County.

About 1,827 people run or help run farms in Butler County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 185 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 Butler County stands out: it ranks #20 of 96 IA counties for goats.