LONOKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lonoke County? Backyard growers and small farms around Austin, Cabot and Keo list it here. 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 Lonoke County by the Numbers

Lonoke County has 663 farms on 408,836 acres (about 617 acres each). Together they sold $296.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, cucumbers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 911 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Lonoke County already sell straight to the public, about $227,000 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 Lonoke County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,267 head of cattle, 2,446 egg-laying hens and 844 goats in Lonoke County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,252 people run or help run farms in Lonoke County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 153 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lonoke County stands out: it ranks #5 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies and #13 of 65 AR counties for selling food straight to the public.