POSEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Posey County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cynthiana, Griffin and and Wadesville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Posey County by the Numbers

Posey County has 462 farms on 256,130 acres (about 554 acres each). Together they sold $222.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and tart cherries. Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Posey County already sell straight to the public, about $99,000 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 Posey County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Posey County counts 6,560 hogs, 1,464 head of cattle and 400 egg-laying hens.

About 812 people run or help run farms in Posey County, with an average age of 58. 21% of them are women. 82 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.