LUCAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lucas County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Chariton, Derby and and Williamson. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lucas County by the Numbers

Lucas County has 594 farms on 177,001 acres (about 298 acres each). Together they sold $91.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 34 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Lucas County already sell straight to the public, about $43,000 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 Lucas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lucas County counts 40,247 hogs, 25,697 head of cattle and 1,218 egg-laying hens.

About 1,045 people run or help run farms in Lucas County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.