FLOYD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Floyds Knobs, Georgetown and and New Albany buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Indiana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Floyd County by the Numbers

Floyd County has 257 farms on 16,616 acres (about 65 acres each). Together they sold $6.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 408 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Floyd County already sell straight to the public, about $21,000 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 Floyd County

Floyd County farms and homesteads keep 1,617 egg-laying hens, 1,424 head of cattle and 258 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 455 people run or help run farms in Floyd County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Floyd County stands out: it ranks #14 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.