POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pottawattamie County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Council Bluffs, Avoca and Hancock. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pottawattamie County by the Numbers

Pottawattamie County has 1,203 farms on 563,574 acres (about 468 acres each). Together they sold $605.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Pottawattamie County already sell straight to the public, about $493,000 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 Pottawattamie County

Pottawattamie County farms and homesteads keep 92,276 hogs, 48,084 head of cattle and 2,458 egg-laying hens.

About 2,167 people run or help run farms in Pottawattamie County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 200 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 Pottawattamie County stands out: it ranks #12 of 99 IA counties for number of farms and #12 of 95 IA counties for selling food straight to the public.