JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Johnson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Clarksville, Coal Hill and Lamar. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 553 farms on 104,688 acres (about 189 acres each). Together they sold $226.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, grapes and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, pumpkins, turnips and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 61 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Johnson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Johnson County counts 1,372,800 turkeys, 380,443 egg-laying hens and 25,438 head of cattle.

About 969 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #11 of 65 AR counties for egg-laying hens.