ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

Adams County, Indiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Adams County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Decatur, Geneva and and Monroe. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 1,305 farms on 214,734 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $366.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 865 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $684,000 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 Adams County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 174,820 hogs, 147,012 turkeys and 24,950 head of cattle in Adams County.

About 2,276 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 50. 32% of them are women. 440 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Adams County stands out: it ranks #1 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies and #4 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.