SALINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Saline County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alexander, Bauxite and Paron list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Saline County by the Numbers

Saline County has 380 farms on 59,794 acres (about 157 acres each). Together they sold $12 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 520 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Saline County already sell straight to the public, about $112,000 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 Saline County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,856 head of cattle, 1,382 egg-laying hens and 743 horses and ponies in Saline County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 690 people run or help run farms in Saline County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 35 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.

Where Saline County stands out: it ranks #9 of 63 AR counties for honey bee colonies.