BENTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Avoca, Bella Vista and Decatur buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Arkansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Benton County by the Numbers

Benton County has 1,796 farms on 216,914 acres (about 121 acres each). Together they sold $871.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 561 honey bee colonies.

93 farms in Benton County already sell straight to the public, about $734,000 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 Benton County

Benton County farms and homesteads keep 1,469,123 egg-laying hens, 355,686 turkeys and 75,474 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,252 people run or help run farms in Benton County, with an average age of 57. 43% of them are women. 288 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Benton County stands out: it ranks #1 of 75 AR counties for total farm sales and #2 of 75 AR counties for number of farms.