CROSS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cherry Valley, Hickory Ridge and and Wynne buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cross County by the Numbers

Cross County has 256 farms on 275,217 acres (about 1,075 acres each). Together they sold $221.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, rice and corn.

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

Farm Life in Cross County

Cross County farms and homesteads keep 1,762 head of cattle, 338 egg-laying hens and 286 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 454 people run or help run farms in Cross County, with an average age of 55. 27% of them are women. 65 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.