BOURBON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bronson, Fulton and Redfield buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Kansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bourbon County by the Numbers

Bourbon County has 666 farms on 311,422 acres (about 468 acres each). Together they sold $77.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Bourbon County already sell straight to the public, about $17,000 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 Bourbon County

Bourbon County farms and homesteads keep 59,357 head of cattle, 1,789 hogs and 1,207 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,169 people run or help run farms in Bourbon County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 163 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.