RIPLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Batesville to Napoleon, Ripley 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. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Ripley County by the Numbers

Ripley County has 835 farms on 175,750 acres (about 210 acres each). Together they sold $133.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 246 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Ripley County already sell straight to the public, about $448,000 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 Ripley County

Ripley County farms and homesteads keep 24,464 hogs, 8,289 head of cattle and 2,254 egg-laying hens.

About 1,324 people run or help run farms in Ripley County, with an average age of 58. 28% of them are women. 107 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 Ripley County stands out: it ranks #9 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.