CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Corning to Peach Orchard, Clay County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Arkansas favorites like pecans and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 465 farms on 246,685 acres (about 531 acres each). Together they sold $308.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, rice and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pecans and chestnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 129 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Clay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Clay County counts 7,303 head of cattle, 411 goats and 383 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 805 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 117 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clay County stands out: it ranks #13 of 75 AR counties for total farm sales.