MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Montgomery County? Backyard growers and small farms around Elliott, Grant and and Villisca list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 487 farms on 237,768 acres (about 488 acres each). Together they sold $239.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $5,000 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 Montgomery County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Montgomery County counts 100,788 egg-laying hens, 26,385 hogs and 17,433 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 839 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 83 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Montgomery County stands out: it ranks #13 of 74 IA counties for egg-laying hens.