KNOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bicknell, Bruceville and Monroe City buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local melons when it comes into season in Indiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 447 farms on 327,292 acres (about 732 acres each). Together they sold $416.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce watermelons, pumpkins, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 472 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $401,000 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 Knox County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Knox County counts 266,228 turkeys, 41,471 hogs and 3,782 head of cattle.

About 844 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 56. 28% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #7 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 92 IN counties for total farm sales.