KIOWA COUNTY MARKET

Kiowa County, Colorado Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kiowa County? Backyard growers and small farms around Arlington, Chivington and and Towner list it here. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Colorado. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Kiowa County by the Numbers

Kiowa County has 452 farms on 1,127,660 acres (about 2,495 acres each). Together they sold $80.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, sorghum and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Kiowa County already sell straight to the public, about $92,000 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 Kiowa County

Kiowa County farms and homesteads keep 17,684 head of cattle, 311 goats and 241 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 799 people run or help run farms in Kiowa County, with an average age of 62. 42% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.