DECATUR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Decatur County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Decatur, Garden Grove and Pleasanton. 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 Decatur County by the Numbers

Decatur County has 666 farms on 231,581 acres (about 348 acres each). Together they sold $125.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and persimmons, and local fields produce cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 104 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Decatur County already sell straight to the public, about $78,000 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 Decatur County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Decatur County counts 90,978 egg-laying hens, 63,701 hogs and 39,170 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,210 people run or help run farms in Decatur County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Decatur County stands out: it ranks #14 of 74 IA counties for egg-laying hens.