WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wayne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cambridge City, Centerville and Hagerstown list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 727 farms on 154,498 acres (about 213 acres each). Together they sold $132.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and pawpaws, and local fields produce pumpkins, cabbage, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 250 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $242,000 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 Wayne County

Wayne County farms and homesteads keep 19,165 hogs, 8,626 head of cattle and 8,069 egg-laying hens.

About 1,264 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 156 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wayne County stands out: it ranks #11 of 78 IN counties for egg-laying hens and #17 of 92 IN counties for number of farms.