IOWA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Amana to Middle Amana, Iowa County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Iowa County by the Numbers

Iowa County has 968 farms on 342,212 acres (about 354 acres each). Together they sold $338.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 148 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Iowa County already sell straight to the public, about $2.8 million 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 Iowa County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 115,752 hogs, 31,802 head of cattle and 1,521 sheep in Iowa County.

About 1,667 people run or help run farms in Iowa County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 119 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Iowa County stands out: it ranks #2 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public and #17 of 96 IA counties for goats.