DUBUQUE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dubuque County? Backyard growers and small farms around Dubuque, Bernard and Epworth list it here. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Iowa. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dubuque County by the Numbers

Dubuque County has 1,554 farms on 317,983 acres (about 205 acres each). Together they sold $606.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and walnuts, and local fields produce asparagus, pumpkins, potatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 240 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Dubuque County already sell straight to the public, about $235,000 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 Dubuque County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 122,012 head of cattle, 110,695 hogs and 2,670 egg-laying hens in Dubuque County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,839 people run or help run farms in Dubuque County, with an average age of 54. 33% of them are women. 353 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dubuque County stands out: it ranks #3 of 99 IA counties for number of farms and #8 of 96 IA counties for goats.