ANDERSON COUNTY MARKET

Anderson County, Kansas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Colony to and Westphalia, Anderson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local fresh-baked bread when it comes into season in Kansas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Anderson County by the Numbers

Anderson County has 529 farms on 286,520 acres (about 542 acres each). Together they sold $80.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 90 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Anderson County already sell straight to the public, about $303,000 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 Anderson County

Anderson County farms and homesteads keep 26,898 head of cattle, 1,431 goats and 1,248 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 912 people run or help run farms in Anderson County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 137 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Anderson County stands out: it ranks #7 of 91 KS counties for goats.