GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grant County? Backyard growers and small farms around Grapevine, Leola and and Sheridan list it here. 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 Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 250 farms on 68,153 acres (about 273 acres each). Together they sold $7.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, horses and hogs.

Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $46,000 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 Grant County

Grant County farms and homesteads keep 13,467 head of cattle, 1,289 egg-laying hens and 467 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 462 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 56. 40% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.