HOWARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Howard County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Indiana for Kokomo, Greentown and and Russiaville. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Howard County by the Numbers

Howard County has 427 farms on 139,488 acres (about 327 acres each). Together they sold $137.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins, green beans and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 382 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Howard County already sell straight to the public, about $217,000 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 Howard County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Howard County counts 1,478 head of cattle, 792 egg-laying hens and 346 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 740 people run or help run farms in Howard County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Howard County stands out: it ranks #15 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.