IDA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ida County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Arthur, Battle Creek and and Ida Grove. Iowa favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Ida County by the Numbers

Ida County has 456 farms on 210,663 acres (about 462 acres each). Together they sold $327.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 10 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Ida County already sell straight to the public, about $52,000 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 Ida County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 62,982 hogs, 38,968 head of cattle and 898 sheep in Ida County.

About 749 people run or help run farms in Ida County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.