DAVIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Davis County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bloomfield, Drakesville and and Pulaski list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Davis County by the Numbers

Davis County has 941 farms on 213,870 acres (about 227 acres each). Together they sold $148.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts and pecans, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, green beans and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 225 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Davis County already sell straight to the public, about $67,000 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 Davis County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 219,992 egg-laying hens, 113,627 hogs and 28,544 head of cattle in Davis County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,699 people run or help run farms in Davis County, with an average age of 54. 37% of them are women. 289 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Davis County stands out: it ranks #3 of 96 IA counties for goats and #6 of 74 IA counties for egg-laying hens.