JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Iowa City, Coralville and Oxford buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Iowa favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 1,212 farms on 259,760 acres (about 214 acres each). Together they sold $326.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, chestnuts and grapes, and local fields produce squash, pumpkins, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 174 honey bee colonies.

80 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $2.2 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 Johnson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Johnson County counts 167,451 egg-laying hens, 162,301 hogs and 20,708 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,201 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 243 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #1 of 96 IA counties for goats and #3 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public.