PERRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Perry County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Branchville, Derby and Saint Croix. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Perry County by the Numbers

Perry County has 417 farms on 66,411 acres (about 159 acres each). Together they sold $47.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce potatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 134 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Perry County already sell straight to the public, about $44,000 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 Perry County

Perry County farms and homesteads keep 137,000 turkeys, 17,783 hogs and 8,407 head of cattle.

About 761 people run or help run farms in Perry County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 72 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.