HARDIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hardin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ada, Alger and Mc Guffey. 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 Hardin County by the Numbers

Hardin County has 715 farms on 243,914 acres (about 341 acres each). Together they sold $408.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce carrots, sweet corn, potatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 220 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Hardin County already sell straight to the public, about $164,000 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 Hardin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hardin County counts 86,404 hogs, 12,587 head of cattle and 982 sheep.

About 1,217 people run or help run farms in Hardin County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 146 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 Hardin County stands out: it ranks #4 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales.