POCAHONTAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Fonda to Pocahontas, Pocahontas 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. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pocahontas County by the Numbers

Pocahontas County has 802 farms on 316,323 acres (about 394 acres each). Together they sold $546.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 55 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Pocahontas County already sell straight to the public, about $24,000 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 Pocahontas County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 295,020 hogs, 198,000 turkeys and 25,821 head of cattle in Pocahontas County.

About 1,382 people run or help run farms in Pocahontas County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.