NOBLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Noble County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belle Valley, Caldwell and and Summerfield. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Noble County by the Numbers

Noble County has 596 farms on 98,064 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $14.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Noble County already sell straight to the public, about $207,000 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 Noble County

Noble County farms and homesteads keep 19,570 head of cattle, 2,433 sheep and 2,087 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,012 people run or help run farms in Noble County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 99 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.