CHICOT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Chicot County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Dermott, Eudora and and Lake Village. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Chicot County by the Numbers

Chicot County has 209 farms on 276,268 acres (about 1,322 acres each). Together they sold $200 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cotton and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 72 honey bee colonies.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Chicot County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,443 head of cattle, 200 sheep and 48 egg-laying hens in Chicot County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 333 people run or help run farms in Chicot County, with an average age of 58. 29% of them are women. 37 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.