MIAMI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Miami County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Casstown, Covington and Phoneton. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Ohio. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Miami County by the Numbers

Miami County has 1,158 farms on 166,746 acres (about 144 acres each). Together they sold $142.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 400 honey bee colonies.

76 farms in Miami County already sell straight to the public, about $936,000 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 Miami County

Miami County farms and homesteads keep 10,426 hogs, 5,351 head of cattle and 4,788 egg-laying hens.

About 2,071 people run or help run farms in Miami County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 238 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.

Where Miami County stands out: it ranks #12 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.