One hundred twelve recipients of the questionnaire provided written-in responses to a request to identify the geographic areas they considered their primary and secondary markets. Where more than one response was received, a number following the market area indicates multiple citings. Organic field crop and livestock producers are much more dependent on having their goods sold outside of Ohio than are horticultural producers. More than 60% of the markets mentioned by the field crop/livestock growers are outside Ohio and approximately 20% depend on marketing outside the United States. For vegetable and fruit marketing, local or within a nearby county is the predominant market area. Only 9% of the market areas listed by vegetable and fruit producers were outside Ohio.
Primary Market Areas
| Athens | |
| Athens/Marietta | |
| Belmont County | |
| Carroll County | |
| Cincinnati area | 3 |
| Cleveland area | 8 |
| Clinton County | |
| Columbus area | 3 |
| Eastern Ohio | |
| Holmes County | |
| Licking County | 2 |
| Local community | |
| Montrose/West Akron | |
| Muskingum County | |
| NE Ohio | |
| NW Ohio | 2 |
| Pacific Rim | |
| Pittsburgh suburbs | 2 |
| Richland County | |
| Southeastern Ohio | |
| Stark County | |
| Summit County | |
| Toledo | 2 |
| Wayne County in Indiana | |
| Wooster | 2 |
| Youngstown |
Secondary Market Areas
| Akron | 2 |
| Ash City | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Butler County | |
| Cincinnati area | 2 |
| Cleveland Heights | |
| Columbus area | 3 |
| Delaware, Ohio | |
| Guernsey County | |
| Harrison County | |
| Hocking Hills | |
| Johnstown | |
| Kent/Ravenna/Stow/Hudson | |
| Lima | |
| Local | |
| Lorain/Medina Counties | 2 |
| Nelsonville | |
| Northern Kentucky | |
| Oxford | |
| Pittsburgh | |
| Sugarweed, Ohio | |
| United States | |
| Upper Sandusky | |
| Wooster |
Primary Market Areas
| Central Ohio | |
| Cleveland area | |
| Columbus area | |
| Eastern United States | 2 |
| Foreign/World | 7 |
| Indiana | |
| Japan | 5 |
| Johnstown | |
| Knox County | |
| Local | 4 |
| Michigan | |
| Midwest | 2 |
| Montgomery County | |
| Ohio | 2 |
| Ohio and surrounding states | |
| Out of state | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | |
| Toledo | |
| United States | |
| West Central Ohio | |
| West Virginia | |
| Westmoreland County, Pa. |
Secondary Market Areas
| Akron area | |
| Bryan, Ohio | |
| Cincinnati area | |
| Columbus area | |
| Eastern United States | |
| Indiana | |
| Local | 2 |
| Massachusetts | |
| Miami Valley area | |
| Michigan | 3 |
| Midwest | 3 |
| Montana | |
| Newark/Mt. Vernon | 2 |
| Ohio | 4 |
| Overseas | 2 |
| Pittsburgh area | |
| United States | 3 |