NEWTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Newton County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Compton, Deer and Mount Judea. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Newton County by the Numbers

Newton County has 454 farms on 86,152 acres (about 190 acres each). Together they sold $42.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 14 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Newton County already sell straight to the public, about $25,000 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 Newton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Newton County counts 405,009 turkeys, 14,933 head of cattle and 1,264 goats.

About 835 people run or help run farms in Newton County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Newton County stands out: it ranks #12 of 67 AR counties for goats.