BENTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ambia, Boswell and Oxford buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local melons when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Benton County by the Numbers

Benton County has 390 farms on 226,260 acres (about 580 acres each). Together they sold $298.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Benton County already sell straight to the public, about $118,000 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 Benton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Benton County counts 15,694 head of cattle, 624 sheep and 239 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 691 people run or help run farms in Benton County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 56 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.