CHEROKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Cherokee County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Aurelia, Cherokee and Meriden. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Iowa. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cherokee County by the Numbers

Cherokee County has 814 farms on 327,342 acres (about 402 acres each). Together they sold $551.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce green beans and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Cherokee County already sell straight to the public, about $117,000 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 Cherokee County

Cherokee County farms and homesteads keep 628,354 turkeys, 248,762 hogs and 55,504 head of cattle.

About 1,372 people run or help run farms in Cherokee County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 159 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.