GUTHRIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Guthrie County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bagley, Bayard and Menlo. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Guthrie County by the Numbers

Guthrie County has 904 farms on 324,037 acres (about 358 acres each). Together they sold $305.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Local fields produce spinach and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Guthrie County already sell straight to the public, about $292,000 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 Guthrie County

Guthrie County farms and homesteads keep 132,776 hogs, 32,814 head of cattle and 1,002 sheep.

About 1,648 people run or help run farms in Guthrie County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 144 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.