WRIGHT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Wright County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belmond, Clarion and Goldfield. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wright County by the Numbers

Wright County has 734 farms on 369,835 acres (about 504 acres each). Together they sold $719.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, poultry & eggs and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins, chile peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Wright County already sell straight to the public, about $56,000 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 Wright County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wright County counts 5,087,043 egg-laying hens, 429,483 hogs and 4,867 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,227 people run or help run farms in Wright County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 145 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 Wright County stands out: it ranks #1 of 74 IA counties for egg-laying hens and #12 of 99 IA counties for total farm sales.