HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dunreith, Greensboro and Middletown 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 Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 584 farms on 178,215 acres (about 305 acres each). Together they sold $200.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 441 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $478,000 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 Henry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 26,124 hogs, 10,051 head of cattle and 2,324 egg-laying hens in Henry County.

About 986 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 96 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.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #11 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.