HOT SPRING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bismarck, Bonnerdale and and Malvern buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Arkansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hot Spring County by the Numbers

Hot Spring County has 503 farms on 67,178 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $28.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, bell peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 465 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Hot Spring County already sell straight to the public, about $176,000 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 Hot Spring County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 374,506 egg-laying hens, 14,785 head of cattle and 1,156 goats in Hot Spring County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 834 people run or help run farms in Hot Spring County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 48 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 Hot Spring County stands out: it ranks #11 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies and #12 of 65 AR counties for egg-laying hens.