CLEVELAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cleveland County? Backyard growers and small farms around Kingsland, New Edinburg and and Rison list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Arkansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cleveland County by the Numbers

Cleveland County has 208 farms on 39,364 acres (about 189 acres each). Together they sold $114.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow plums, grapes and persimmons, and local fields produce tomatoes, lettuce, turnip greens and okra. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Cleveland County already sell straight to the public, about $104,000 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 Cleveland County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cleveland County counts 100,436 egg-laying hens, 4,252 head of cattle and 345 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 343 people run or help run farms in Cleveland County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.