DESHA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Arkansas City to Snow Lake, Desha County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Desha County by the Numbers

Desha County has 200 farms on 261,668 acres (about 1,308 acres each). Together they sold $212 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and rice.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans.

5 farms in Desha County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Desha County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 385 head of cattle, 95 egg-laying hens and 65 hogs in Desha County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 326 people run or help run farms in Desha County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 42 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.