MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Montgomery County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alamo, Crawfordsville and New Market. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Indiana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 651 farms on 252,762 acres (about 388 acres each). Together they sold $235.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 244 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $338,000 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 Montgomery County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 108,050 turkeys, 4,123 head of cattle and 2,320 egg-laying hens in Montgomery County.

About 1,176 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 117 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Montgomery County stands out: it ranks #10 of 90 IN counties for goats.