JAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bryant, Dunkirk and and Salamonia buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jay County by the Numbers

Jay County has 801 farms on 198,780 acres (about 248 acres each). Together they sold $603 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and corn.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 46 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Jay County already sell straight to the public, about $88,000 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 Jay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jay County counts 9,755,139 egg-laying hens, 594,467 turkeys and 251,476 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,355 people run or help run farms in Jay County, with an average age of 55. 30% of them are women. 177 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 Jay County stands out: it ranks #1 of 92 IN counties for total farm sales and #1 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens.