JASPER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Baxter, Colfax and Mingo buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Iowa. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jasper County by the Numbers

Jasper County has 1,151 farms on 439,310 acres (about 382 acres each). Together they sold $483.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and peaches.

50 farms in Jasper County already sell straight to the public, about $185,000 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 Jasper County

Jasper County farms and homesteads keep 168,666 hogs, 27,348 head of cattle and 4,501 sheep.

About 2,019 people run or help run farms in Jasper County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 229 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.

Where Jasper County stands out: it ranks #9 of 96 IA counties for goats and #14 of 99 IA counties for number of farms.