LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Lawrence County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Alicia, Black Rock and Imboden. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Arkansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 389 farms on 256,117 acres (about 658 acres each). Together they sold $241.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 67 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $81,000 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 Lawrence County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 121,832 egg-laying hens, 15,494 head of cattle and 524 sheep in Lawrence County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 693 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.