JONES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jones County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Anamosa, Center Junction and Olin. Iowa favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jones County by the Numbers

Jones County has 991 farms on 319,791 acres (about 323 acres each). Together they sold $396.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, lettuce, cantaloupes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 33 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Jones County already sell straight to the public, about $268,000 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 Jones County

Jones County farms and homesteads keep 74,885 hogs, 48,192 head of cattle and 991 egg-laying hens.

About 1,772 people run or help run farms in Jones County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 243 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.