GUERNSEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Buffalo, Byesville and Lore City buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Guernsey County by the Numbers

Guernsey County has 1,055 farms on 147,625 acres (about 140 acres each). Together they sold $36.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 122 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Guernsey County already sell straight to the public, about $205,000 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 Guernsey County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 16,292 head of cattle, 2,676 egg-laying hens and 2,519 hogs in Guernsey County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,779 people run or help run farms in Guernsey County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 151 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Guernsey County stands out: it ranks #17 of 88 OH counties for goats.