AUGLAIZE COUNTY MARKET

Auglaize County, Ohio Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Buckland, Minster and Saint Marys buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Auglaize County by the Numbers

Auglaize County has 1,012 farms on 231,815 acres (about 229 acres each). Together they sold $320.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce tomatoes, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 295 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Auglaize County already sell straight to the public, about $70,000 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 Auglaize County

Auglaize County farms and homesteads keep 102,949 hogs, 44,500 turkeys and 29,091 head of cattle.

About 1,799 people run or help run farms in Auglaize County, with an average age of 57. 25% of them are women. 236 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Auglaize County stands out: it ranks #8 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales.