CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arcadia, Breda and Glidden buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Carroll County by the Numbers

Carroll County has 1,069 farms on 343,933 acres (about 322 acres each). Together they sold $740.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce green peas, sweet corn, watermelons and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 29 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $418,000 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 Carroll County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Carroll County counts 687,525 hogs, 65,394 head of cattle and 1,976 egg-laying hens.

About 1,848 people run or help run farms in Carroll County, with an average age of 57. 27% of them are women. 175 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 Carroll County stands out: it ranks #11 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales and #14 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public.