WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Washington County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ainsworth, Brighton and Washington. 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 Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 1,176 farms on 298,992 acres (about 254 acres each). Together they sold $952.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, and local fields produce squash, sweet corn, kale and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 209 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $325,000 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 Washington County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,486,642 hogs, 406,036 turkeys and 171,344 egg-laying hens in Washington County.

About 2,160 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 303 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 Washington County stands out: it ranks #2 of 96 IA counties for goats and #4 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.