PICKAWAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pickaway County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ashville, Circleville and Orient. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pickaway County by the Numbers

Pickaway County has 760 farms on 283,165 acres (about 373 acres each). Together they sold $250.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, watermelons and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 1,013 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Pickaway 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 Pickaway County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pickaway County counts 10,066 head of cattle, 2,119 egg-laying hens and 902 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,363 people run or help run farms in Pickaway County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pickaway County stands out: it ranks #6 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies.