PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pike County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Antoine, Delight and Murfreesboro. Arkansas favorites like peaches and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 350 farms on 104,823 acres (about 299 acres each). Together they sold $130.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, okra and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 82 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Pike 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 Pike County

Pike County farms and homesteads keep 629,673 egg-laying hens, 19,508 head of cattle and 2,878 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 602 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Pike County stands out: it ranks #5 of 65 AR counties for egg-laying hens.