LEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Argyle, Denmark and Keokuk. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lee County by the Numbers

Lee County has 804 farms on 223,700 acres (about 278 acres each). Together they sold $179.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cantaloupes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 105 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Lee County already sell straight to the public, about $375,000 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 Lee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lee County counts 66,612 hogs, 14,635 head of cattle and 2,010 sheep.

About 1,465 people run or help run farms in Lee County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 107 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 Lee County stands out: it ranks #16 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public.