WINNESHIEK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Winneshiek County? Backyard growers and small farms around Calmar, Castalia and Ridgeway list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Winneshiek County by the Numbers

Winneshiek County has 1,459 farms on 373,151 acres (about 256 acres each). Together they sold $542.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and plums, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 503 honey bee colonies.

51 farms in Winneshiek County already sell straight to the public, about $314,000 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 Winneshiek County

Winneshiek County farms and homesteads keep 153,725 hogs, 80,406 head of cattle and 2,186 sheep.

About 2,509 people run or help run farms in Winneshiek County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 275 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Winneshiek County stands out: it ranks #5 of 99 IA counties for number of farms and #7 of 93 IA counties for honey bee colonies.