DUBOIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Dubois County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Birdseye, Celestine and Holland. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Dubois County by the Numbers

Dubois County has 740 farms on 159,666 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $487.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow hazelnuts, pawpaws and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 167 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Dubois County already sell straight to the public, about $87,000 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 Dubois County

Dubois County farms and homesteads keep 2,013,905 turkeys, 35,280 hogs and 20,220 head of cattle.

About 1,322 people run or help run farms in Dubois County, with an average age of 57. 26% of them are women. 116 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 Dubois County stands out: it ranks #5 of 92 IN counties for total farm sales and #15 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.