ARKANSAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Almyra, Casscoe and Gillett buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Arkansas County by the Numbers

Arkansas County has 421 farms on 407,865 acres (about 969 acres each). Together they sold $328.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, rice and corn.

Local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 973 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Arkansas County already sell straight to the public, about $32,000 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 Arkansas County

Arkansas County farms and homesteads keep 1,729 head of cattle, 192 egg-laying hens and 124 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 828 people run or help run farms in Arkansas County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 64 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Arkansas County stands out: it ranks #4 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies and #10 of 75 AR counties for total farm sales.