HANCOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hancock County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Britt, Corwith and Kanawha. 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 Hancock County by the Numbers

Hancock County has 860 farms on 337,777 acres (about 393 acres each). Together they sold $674.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Hancock County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Hancock County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 364,309 hogs, 9,371 head of cattle and 1,156 sheep in Hancock County.

About 1,484 people run or help run farms in Hancock County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 144 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 Hancock County stands out: it ranks #18 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.