MUSCATINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Muscatine County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Atalissa, Conesville and Nichols. 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 Muscatine County by the Numbers

Muscatine County has 742 farms on 201,753 acres (about 272 acres each). Together they sold $271.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, pumpkins and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 125 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Muscatine County already sell straight to the public, about $397,000 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 Muscatine County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Muscatine County counts 72,124 hogs, 59,930 turkeys and 17,491 head of cattle.

About 1,307 people run or help run farms in Muscatine County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Muscatine County stands out: it ranks #15 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public.