DECATUR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Decatur County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adams, New Point and and Westport. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Decatur County by the Numbers

Decatur County has 552 farms on 169,467 acres (about 307 acres each). Together they sold $290.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 132 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Decatur County already sell straight to the public, about $292,000 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 Decatur County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 172,409 hogs, 16,294 head of cattle and 811 sheep in Decatur County.

About 948 people run or help run farms in Decatur County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 101 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.