IBERIA COUNTY MARKET

Iberia County, Louisiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Iberia County? Backyard growers and small farms around Avery Island, Jeanerette and and New Iberia list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Iberia County by the Numbers

Iberia County has 307 farms on 111,866 acres (about 364 acres each). Together they sold $176.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, nursery & greenhouse plants and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, and local fields produce okra, mustard greens, tomatoes and broccoli.

27 farms in Iberia County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 million 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 Iberia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,833 head of cattle, 505 horses and ponies and 499 egg-laying hens in Iberia County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 507 people run or help run farms in Iberia County, with an average age of 58. 23% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Iberia County stands out: it ranks #1 of 52 LA counties for selling food straight to the public and #5 of 64 LA counties for total farm sales.