POLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cove, Grannis and and Wickes buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Polk County by the Numbers

Polk County has 622 farms on 103,336 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $198.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 91 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Polk County already sell straight to the public, about $3,000 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 Polk County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Polk County counts 141,618 egg-laying hens, 25,736 head of cattle and 574 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,069 people run or help run farms in Polk County, with an average age of 60. 44% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.