WHITLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Whitley County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Churubusco, Columbia City and and South Whitley. Watch for local melons when it comes into season in Indiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Whitley County by the Numbers

Whitley County has 647 farms on 162,338 acres (about 251 acres each). Together they sold $187.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, lettuce and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 207 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Whitley County already sell straight to the public, about $170,000 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 Whitley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Whitley County counts 106,929 hogs, 5,223 head of cattle and 1,517 goats.

About 1,065 people run or help run farms in Whitley County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 89 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 Whitley County stands out: it ranks #4 of 90 IN counties for goats.