LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lawrence County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Chesapeake, Ironton and Scottown. Ohio favorites like maple syrup and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 429 farms on 51,104 acres (about 119 acres each). Together they sold $5.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $58,000 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 Lawrence County

Lawrence County farms and homesteads keep 4,934 head of cattle, 1,468 egg-laying hens and 766 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 747 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.