WINNEBAGO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Winnebago County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Iowa for Buffalo Center, Forest City and Scarville. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Iowa. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Winnebago County by the Numbers

Winnebago County has 548 farms on 197,720 acres (about 361 acres each). Together they sold $354.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 22 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Winnebago County already sell straight to the public, about $111,000 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 Winnebago County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Winnebago County counts 194,609 hogs, 4,277 head of cattle and 98 sheep.

About 956 people run or help run farms in Winnebago County, with an average age of 61. 33% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.