WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Allerton to Promise City, Wayne County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 732 farms on 321,812 acres (about 440 acres each). Together they sold $146.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce green beans. Beekeepers tend about 156 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $227,000 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 Wayne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 27,097 head of cattle, 1,067 horses and ponies and 1,030 goats in Wayne County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,317 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 177 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.