JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jefferson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Deputy, Dupont and and Madison. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 513 farms on 84,233 acres (about 164 acres each). Together they sold $42.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 336 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $413,000 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,297 head of cattle, 1,908 egg-laying hens and 1,248 sheep in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 885 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jefferson County stands out: it ranks #11 of 90 IN counties for goats and #17 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.