CRAWFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Crawford County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bucyrus, Chatfield and North Robinson. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Ohio. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Crawford County by the Numbers

Crawford County has 628 farms on 203,784 acres (about 324 acres each). Together they sold $300.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 82 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Crawford County already sell straight to the public, about $178,000 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 Crawford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 107,306 hogs, 68,838 egg-laying hens and 8,951 head of cattle in Crawford County.

About 1,088 people run or help run farms in Crawford County, with an average age of 58. 27% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Crawford County stands out: it ranks #12 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales and #13 of 74 OH counties for egg-laying hens.