MERCER COUNTY MARKET

Mercer County, Pennsylvania Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Mercer County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Carlton, Clark and Grove City. Pennsylvania favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Mercer County by the Numbers

Mercer County has 1,023 farms on 146,865 acres (about 144 acres each). Together they sold $89.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 310 honey bee colonies.

104 farms in Mercer County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 million 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 Mercer County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mercer County counts 18,655 head of cattle, 5,530 egg-laying hens and 1,914 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,795 people run or help run farms in Mercer County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 182 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mercer County stands out: it ranks #12 of 67 PA counties for number of farms.