CLARKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Murray to and Woodburn, Clarke County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Clarke County by the Numbers

Clarke County has 649 farms on 177,968 acres (about 274 acres each). Together they sold $125.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce turnips and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 166 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Clarke County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Clarke County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 96,648 hogs, 25,296 head of cattle and 867 egg-laying hens in Clarke County.

About 1,148 people run or help run farms in Clarke County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 102 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.