RANDOLPH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Randolph County? Backyard growers and small farms around Farmland, Losantville and Ridgeville list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Indiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Randolph County by the Numbers

Randolph County has 675 farms on 238,870 acres (about 354 acres each). Together they sold $328.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 35 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Randolph County already sell straight to the public, about $49,000 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 Randolph County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 211,064 turkeys, 160,087 hogs and 7,718 head of cattle in Randolph County.

About 1,155 people run or help run farms in Randolph County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 196 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.

Where Randolph County stands out: it ranks #14 of 92 IN counties for total farm sales.