LYON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lyon County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Alvord, Doon and Lester. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lyon County by the Numbers

Lyon County has 1,015 farms on 315,316 acres (about 311 acres each). Together they sold $1.3 billion of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 97 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Lyon County already sell straight to the public, about $146,000 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 Lyon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 966,636 hogs, 176,388 head of cattle and 4,830 sheep in Lyon County.

About 1,884 people run or help run farms in Lyon County, with an average age of 53. 31% of them are women. 331 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lyon County stands out: it ranks #2 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.