LAGRANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lagrange County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Howe, Lagrange and and Wolcottville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lagrange County by the Numbers

Lagrange County has 2,474 farms on 193,616 acres (about 78 acres each). Together they sold $494 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 455 honey bee colonies.

137 farms in Lagrange County already sell straight to the public, about $989,000 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 Lagrange County

Lagrange County farms and homesteads keep 1,812,022 egg-laying hens, 49,325 head of cattle and 40,949 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 4,663 people run or help run farms in Lagrange County, with an average age of 44. 40% of them are women. 1,294 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lagrange County stands out: it ranks #1 of 92 IN counties for number of farms and #2 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens.