OHIO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ohio County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Indiana for Rising Sun and the rest of Ohio County. Watch for local tomatoes 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 Ohio County by the Numbers

Ohio County has 123 farms on 16,420 acres (about 133 acres each). Together they sold $4.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches.

7 farms in Ohio County already sell straight to the public, about $126,000 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 Ohio County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,605 head of cattle, 166 egg-laying hens and 108 horses and ponies in Ohio County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 209 people run or help run farms in Ohio County, with an average age of 60. 30% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.