PAULDING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Paulding County? Backyard growers and small farms around Antwerp, Cecil and Melrose list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Paulding County by the Numbers

Paulding County has 662 farms on 206,880 acres (about 313 acres each). Together they sold $301.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, dairy (milk) and corn.

12 farms in Paulding County already sell straight to the public, about $102,000 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 Paulding County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,859 hogs, 19,234 head of cattle and 1,810 egg-laying hens in Paulding County.

About 1,057 people run or help run farms in Paulding County, with an average age of 59. 26% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Paulding County stands out: it ranks #11 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales.