BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Brown County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aberdeen, Decatur and Higginsport. Ohio favorites like tomatoes and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 1,103 farms on 177,509 acres (about 161 acres each). Together they sold $81 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 513 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $289,000 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 Brown County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,328 head of cattle, 3,764 egg-laying hens and 769 horses and ponies in Brown County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,910 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 237 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brown County stands out: it ranks #18 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.