DELAWARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Delaware County? Backyard growers and small farms around Colesburg, Delaware and Greeley 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 Delaware County by the Numbers

Delaware County has 1,496 farms on 345,856 acres (about 231 acres each). Together they sold $770.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 63 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Delaware County already sell straight to the public, about $93,000 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 Delaware County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Delaware County counts 470,395 hogs, 104,253 head of cattle and 2,319 sheep.

About 2,735 people run or help run farms in Delaware County, with an average age of 55. 32% of them are women. 341 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Delaware County stands out: it ranks #4 of 99 IA counties for number of farms and #10 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.