MILLS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Emerson, Glenwood and Mineola buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Mills County by the Numbers

Mills County has 451 farms on 210,969 acres (about 468 acres each). Together they sold $173.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Local fields produce watermelons and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 48 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Mills County already sell straight to the public, about $127,000 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 Mills County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mills County counts 3,049 head of cattle, 1,299 egg-laying hens and 325 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 817 people run or help run farms in Mills County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.