JENNINGS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Jennings County? Backyard growers and small farms around Butlerville, Commiskey and and Vernon list it here. 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 Jennings County by the Numbers

Jennings County has 461 farms on 113,373 acres (about 246 acres each). Together they sold $96.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, potatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 79 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Jennings County already sell straight to the public, about $244,000 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 Jennings County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jennings County counts 8,435 hogs, 4,537 head of cattle and 448 horses and ponies.

About 787 people run or help run farms in Jennings County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 66 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.