CRAIGHEAD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Craighead County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bay, Black Oak and Cash 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 Craighead County by the Numbers

Craighead County has 393 farms on 283,467 acres (about 721 acres each). Together they sold $241 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, soybeans and rice.

Local fields produce watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 1,970 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Craighead 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 Craighead County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,325 head of cattle, 702 egg-laying hens and 470 goats in Craighead County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 674 people run or help run farms in Craighead County, with an average age of 56. 33% of them are women. 72 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Craighead County stands out: it ranks #2 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies.