BOONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Diamond City to and Omaha, Boone County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Arkansas favorites like peaches and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Boone County by the Numbers

Boone County has 1,076 farms on 222,741 acres (about 207 acres each). Together they sold $220.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Boone County already sell straight to the public, about $58,000 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 Boone County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Boone County counts 2,053,730 turkeys, 290,424 egg-laying hens and 58,619 head of cattle.

About 1,896 people run or help run farms in Boone County, with an average age of 58. 43% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Boone County stands out: it ranks #3 of 67 AR counties for goats and #5 of 75 AR counties for number of farms.