CERRO GORDO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Cerro Gordo County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Clear Lake, Dougherty and Rockwell. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cerro Gordo County by the Numbers

Cerro Gordo County has 800 farms on 336,756 acres (about 421 acres each). Together they sold $409.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 74 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Cerro Gordo County already sell straight to the public, about $115,000 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 Cerro Gordo County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 110,359 hogs, 10,420 head of cattle and 1,252 egg-laying hens in Cerro Gordo County.

About 1,334 people run or help run farms in Cerro Gordo County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 106 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.