NOBLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Noble County? Backyard growers and small farms around Albion, Avilla and Laotto list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Noble County by the Numbers

Noble County has 1,067 farms on 174,349 acres (about 163 acres each). Together they sold $199.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn and asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 227 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Noble County already sell straight to the public, about $502,000 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 Noble County

Noble County farms and homesteads keep 119,480 egg-laying hens, 45,182 hogs and 13,404 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,871 people run or help run farms in Noble County, with an average age of 53. 35% of them are women. 324 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Noble County stands out: it ranks #7 of 92 IN counties for number of farms and #6 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens.