PLYMOUTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Akron to Merrill, Plymouth County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Iowa favorites like honey and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Plymouth County by the Numbers

Plymouth County has 1,285 farms on 544,068 acres (about 423 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, potatoes, chile peppers and rhubarb. Beekeepers tend about 191 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Plymouth County already sell straight to the public, about $131,000 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 Plymouth County

Plymouth County farms and homesteads keep 919,557 hogs, 106,095 head of cattle and 5,372 sheep.

About 2,121 people run or help run farms in Plymouth County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 219 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 Plymouth County stands out: it ranks #3 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales and #10 of 99 IA counties for number of farms.