IBERVILLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Iberville County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Grosse Tete, Iberville and Rosedale. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Iberville County by the Numbers

Iberville County has 156 farms on 174,093 acres (about 1,116 acres each). Together they sold $103.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and horses.

Beekeepers tend about 320 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Iberville County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Iberville County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,377 head of cattle, 630 horses and ponies and 226 egg-laying hens in Iberville County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 285 people run or help run farms in Iberville County, with an average age of 56. 25% of them are women. 18 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.