WHITE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the White County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Arkansas for Bald Knob, Beebe and Griffithville. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Arkansas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in White County by the Numbers

White County has 1,552 farms on 376,803 acres (about 243 acres each). Together they sold $236.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pawpaws, and local fields produce squash, cantaloupes, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 167 honey bee colonies.

90 farms in White County already sell straight to the public, about $257,000 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 White County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,780 head of cattle, 1,774 horses and ponies and 1,660 goats in White County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,813 people run or help run farms in White County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 261 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where White County stands out: it ranks #3 of 75 AR counties for number of farms and #7 of 67 AR counties for goats.