SCOTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Scott County? Backyard growers and small farms around Davenport, Bettendorf and Donahue list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Scott County by the Numbers

Scott County has 711 farms on 201,629 acres (about 284 acres each). Together they sold $315.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, onions, tomatoes and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 128 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Scott County already sell straight to the public, about $260,000 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 Scott County

Scott County farms and homesteads keep 273,337 hogs, 13,842 head of cattle and 1,558 egg-laying hens.

About 1,248 people run or help run farms in Scott County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 205 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.