WOODRUFF COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Woodruff County? Backyard growers and small farms around Augusta, Cotton Plant and and Patterson list it here. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Arkansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Woodruff County by the Numbers

Woodruff County has 165 farms on 222,605 acres (about 1,349 acres each). Together they sold $142.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons.

2 farms in Woodruff 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 Woodruff County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Woodruff County counts 277 head of cattle, 90 egg-laying hens and 52 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 340 people run or help run farms in Woodruff County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.