Farms Near Sioux City, IA

Sioux City

The Pumpkin Patch operates on Gordon Drive on Sioux City's south side, a separate operation from the Harbor Drive corn maze across town. No independent listing confirms current hours or pricing — check before visiting during pumpkin season.

Sioux City

Pumpkin City Corn Maze sits along Harbor Drive on Sioux City's Missouri River side. As the name implies, expect a fall corn maze paired with pumpkin picking — call ahead for current hours, since no independent listing confirms this season's dates.

Sioux City

Sioux City

Sioux City's downtown market runs Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., from the first Saturday in May through the last Saturday in October, near the Tyson Events Center on Pearl Street. Buy Fresh Buy Local - Siouxland, a local nonprofit, organizes more than 64 vendors selling fresh-picked produce, baked goods, flowers, and prepared food, drawing about 2,600 shoppers on a typical Saturday.

Sioux City

Autumn Grove is a you-pick apple orchard outside Sioux City with more than nine apple varieties plus pears, harvest running from early September through the end of October. The family-owned operation also sells baked goods at the stand. Check the farm's Facebook page each fall for the exact opening date, since it shifts with the season.

Lawton

Scarecrow Farm grows sunflower fields and orchard rows outside Lawton, drawing Siouxland families for pumpkin and apple picking, raspberry picking, a corn maze, hayrack rides, and a zipline. It's a working farm built for a full afternoon rather than a quick stop - most visitors plan two or three hours to get through everything. It sits at 1592 Charles Avenue, a short drive from Sioux City.

Dakota City

Farmstead Gardens sells produce direct from the farm at 015 Ithaca Way, on the edge of Dakota City in Nebraska's northeast corner near the Iowa line. It shows up in the USDA Local Food Directory as an on-farm pickup source rather than a storefront. Beyond that listing, little is published about the crops or hours, so calling ahead before you drive out is the safe move.

Salix

This Salix listing is registered under Aaron Mallett's name rather than a farm brand, in the Missouri River bottomland of Woodbury County. No independent details on products, hours, or season turned up — contact ahead to confirm what's available.

Main Street and Pearl Street Moville

Moville's market runs outdoors at the corner of Main and Pearl downtown, a small Woodbury County crossroads market drawing vendors from the surrounding farm country. Organizers have brought in a kids' smoothie bike that blends fruit by pedal power, a hands-on touch you won't find at bigger city markets. Check the market's Facebook page for the current week's vendor lineup and hours.

Area growers gather at 119 W 3rd Street in Ponca, the seat of Dixon County in Nebraska's far northeast corner, a few miles from the Missouri River and Ponca State Park. Expect seasonal garden produce, eggs, and baked goods from Dixon County farms and gardeners through the summer.

Le Mars

Le Mars Area Farmers' Market sets up at 1st Avenue and 1st Street NE in Le Mars, the self-declared Ice Cream Capital of the World and home to Wells Enterprises' Blue Bunny plant. Plymouth County farm country surrounds the town, and the market draws growers from that base through the summer season.

Mended Kettle Farm is Abbey and Seth's 0.8-acre farm in Elk Point, South Dakota, created in 2022 to raise their children on firm foundations and hands-on experiences — now growing grow-to-order microgreens, plant starts, and regeneratively grown no-till produce for the local community. Weekly "Cup of Tea" overgrowth offerings post every Tuesday, and the farm is working toward organic certification with a new high tunnel.

Elk Point

Akron Farmers Market sets up where Highway 12 meets Big Sioux River Road, on the Iowa side of the river dividing the state from South Dakota and Nebraska in the far northwest corner of Plymouth County. It's a small border-town market rather than a destination event. Iowa's outdoor market season generally runs May through October, with tables fullest during the peak growing months of July and August.

Decatur

Thomas Farms has raised livestock near Decatur in northeast Nebraska since 1977, selling rabbits year-round plus pastured chickens, goats, hogs, and cattle. In fall they run a Sunday stand at the historic Florence Mill in Omaha, roughly September through mid-October. Current stock and details are posted at thomasfarms.weebly.com; the farm line is 402-349-5222. Decatur sits along the Missouri River near the Omaha Reservation.

Ireton

Diane's Pumpkin Patch ran south of Ireton for 17 years before owners Denny and Diane Ten Napel retired and closed the farm, according to the Hawarden Independent/Ireton newspaper. In its run, visitors picked pumpkins and squash straight from the field on Highway C-12. The listing stays here as a record of what operated at this address, not as an invitation to visit.

Burbank

Newcastle

For years, BJ and I (Stephanie) had prayed about raising our children in a place with faith, family, and livestock. In 2014 God presented us the blessing and opportunity to purchase our small ranch from a family friend, followed by a large group of heifers. This spurred our dreams to become reality. At that time both BJ and I were working full-time jobs in industrial construction and raising three children. In the spring of 2016 calves were being born, work was busy as ever and we found out we w