POPE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pope County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Russellville, Atkins and Pottsville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pope County by the Numbers

Pope County has 818 farms on 172,176 acres (about 210 acres each). Together they sold $221.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 470 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Pope County already sell straight to the public, about $100,000 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 Pope County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 82,714 egg-laying hens, 37,793 head of cattle and 5,509 hogs in Pope County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,467 people run or help run farms in Pope County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 113 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pope County stands out: it ranks #10 of 75 AR counties for number of farms and #10 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies.