SAC COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sac County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Early, Lake View and Sac City. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Sac County by the Numbers

Sac County has 863 farms on 344,405 acres (about 399 acres each). Together they sold $685.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and cattle.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 23 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Sac County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Sac County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 693,151 turkeys, 345,111 hogs and 48,084 head of cattle in Sac County.

About 1,474 people run or help run farms in Sac County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sac County stands out: it ranks #16 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.