STEUBEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Angola, Fremont and and Pleasant Lake buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Steuben County by the Numbers

Steuben County has 461 farms on 96,550 acres (about 209 acres each). Together they sold $82.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Local fields produce pumpkins and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 503 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Steuben County already sell straight to the public, about $65,000 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 Steuben County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Steuben County counts 8,443 hogs, 6,882 head of cattle and 640 egg-laying hens.

About 811 people run or help run farms in Steuben County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 73 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 Steuben County stands out: it ranks #4 of 88 IN counties for honey bee colonies.