PUTNAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bainbridge to Reelsville, Putnam County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Putnam County by the Numbers

Putnam County has 728 farms on 174,378 acres (about 240 acres each). Together they sold $144.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, squash and rhubarb. Beekeepers tend about 171 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Putnam County already sell straight to the public, about $331,000 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 Putnam County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Putnam County counts 77,598 hogs, 5,555 head of cattle and 2,099 egg-laying hens.

About 1,253 people run or help run farms in Putnam County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Putnam County stands out: it ranks #16 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.