VAN WERT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Van Wert County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Convoy, Elgin and Van Wert. Ohio favorites like maple syrup and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Van Wert County by the Numbers

Van Wert County has 737 farms on 226,530 acres (about 307 acres each). Together they sold $372.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears. Beekeepers tend about 102 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Van Wert County already sell straight to the public, about $49,000 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 Van Wert County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Van Wert County counts 113,066 hogs, 78,408 turkeys and 17,749 head of cattle.

About 1,285 people run or help run farms in Van Wert County, with an average age of 57. 24% of them are women. 168 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Van Wert County stands out: it ranks #7 of 88 OH counties for total farm sales.