RUSH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Rush County? Backyard growers and small farms around Arlington, Carthage and Milroy list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rush County by the Numbers

Rush County has 473 farms on 189,580 acres (about 401 acres each). Together they sold $222.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 51 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Rush County already sell straight to the public, about $152,000 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 Rush County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 73,280 hogs, 4,912 head of cattle and 858 egg-laying hens in Rush County.

About 839 people run or help run farms in Rush County, with an average age of 57. 26% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Rush County stands out: it ranks #16 of 90 IN counties for goats.