FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

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

Farming in Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 298 farms on 91,045 acres (about 306 acres each). Together they sold $78.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

2 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public. 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 Fayette County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,004 head of cattle, 429 sheep and 311 egg-laying hens in Fayette County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 509 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 59. 27% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.