WELLS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wells County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bluffton, Craigville and Ossian. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Wells County by the Numbers

Wells County has 527 farms on 201,538 acres (about 382 acres each). Together they sold $313.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 36 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Wells County already sell straight to the public, about $148,000 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 Wells County

Wells County farms and homesteads keep 256,846 hogs, 6,660 head of cattle and 305 goats.

About 949 people run or help run farms in Wells County, with an average age of 56. 27% of them are women. 130 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Wells County stands out: it ranks #15 of 92 IN counties for total farm sales.