KEOKUK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Keokuk County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Delta, Gibson and Keota. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Keokuk County by the Numbers

Keokuk County has 871 farms on 277,478 acres (about 319 acres each). Together they sold $301.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Keokuk County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Keokuk County

Keokuk County farms and homesteads keep 172,011 hogs, 22,215 head of cattle and 2,028 goats.

About 1,546 people run or help run farms in Keokuk County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 145 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Keokuk County stands out: it ranks #6 of 96 IA counties for goats.