BARRY COUNTY MARKET

Barry County, Michigan Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Barry County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Michigan for Delton, Dowling and Middleville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Barry County by the Numbers

Barry County has 897 farms on 143,772 acres (about 160 acres each). Together they sold $185.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, garlic and squash. Beekeepers tend about 2,681 honey bee colonies.

115 farms in Barry County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Barry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 37,045 head of cattle, 4,306 egg-laying hens and 1,099 horses and ponies in Barry County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,612 people run or help run farms in Barry County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 137 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Barry County stands out: it ranks #8 of 74 MI counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 76 MI counties for goats.