MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Albia to and Melrose, Monroe County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Iowa favorites like apples and pumpkins show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 620 farms on 197,145 acres (about 318 acres each). Together they sold $110 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $54,000 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 Monroe County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Monroe County counts 23,990 head of cattle, 637 egg-laying hens and 554 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,055 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 99 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.