HOWARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Howard County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Dierks, Mineral Springs and and Umpire. 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 Howard County by the Numbers

Howard County has 446 farms on 110,927 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $352.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and cattle.

4 farms in Howard County already sell straight to the public. 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 Howard County

Howard County farms and homesteads keep 509,529 egg-laying hens, 58,549 hogs and 29,976 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 768 people run or help run farms in Howard County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Howard County stands out: it ranks #8 of 75 AR counties for total farm sales and #8 of 65 AR counties for egg-laying hens.