FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Franklin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alexander, Bradford and Latimer. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 849 farms on 334,656 acres (about 394 acres each). Together they sold $694.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Franklin County farms and homesteads keep 564,205 hogs, 10,572 head of cattle and 644 sheep.

About 1,501 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 132 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 Franklin County stands out: it ranks #14 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.