MAHONING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Mahoning County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Youngstown, Austintown and Campbell. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mahoning County by the Numbers

Mahoning County has 661 farms on 71,023 acres (about 107 acres each). Together they sold $86.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 212 honey bee colonies.

100 farms in Mahoning County already sell straight to the public, about $3.5 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 Mahoning County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mahoning County counts 39,914 egg-laying hens, 13,072 head of cattle and 1,162 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,186 people run or help run farms in Mahoning County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 149 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 Mahoning County stands out: it ranks #4 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.