CONWAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Conway County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Center Ridge, Cleveland and Perry. Arkansas favorites like peaches and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Conway County by the Numbers

Conway County has 679 farms on 169,029 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $248.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, bell peppers, onions and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 31 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Conway County already sell straight to the public, about $47,000 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 Conway County

Conway County farms and homesteads keep 25,693 head of cattle, 24,202 turkeys and 14,010 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,238 people run or help run farms in Conway County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 88 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Conway County stands out: it ranks #15 of 75 AR counties for number of farms.