MARSHALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Argos, Bourbon and Inwood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local melons when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Marshall County by the Numbers

Marshall County has 779 farms on 201,037 acres (about 258 acres each). Together they sold $262.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Local fields produce pumpkins, cantaloupes, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 272 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Marshall County already sell straight to the public, about $556,000 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 Marshall County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 71,894 egg-laying hens, 23,878 head of cattle and 7,270 hogs in Marshall County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,368 people run or help run farms in Marshall County, with an average age of 54. 34% of them are women. 231 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marshall County stands out: it ranks #7 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 90 IN counties for goats.