HANCOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Hancock County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Arcadia, Arlington and Mc Comb. Watch for local maple syrup 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 Hancock County by the Numbers

Hancock County has 995 farms on 249,468 acres (about 251 acres each). Together they sold $242.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, cantaloupes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 119 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Hancock County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 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 Hancock County

Hancock County farms and homesteads keep 66,517 hogs, 4,575 head of cattle and 945 sheep.

About 1,725 people run or help run farms in Hancock County, with an average age of 58. 26% of them are women. 135 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hancock County stands out: it ranks #13 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.