DALLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Dallas County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Carthage, Fordyce and and Manning. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dallas County by the Numbers

Dallas County has 89 farms on 12,625 acres (about 142 acres each). Together they sold $565,000 of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Dallas County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Dallas County

Dallas County farms and homesteads keep 1,587 head of cattle, 305 goats and 272 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 156 people run or help run farms in Dallas County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 6 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.