CHEYENNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cheyenne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bird City, and Wheeler list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cheyenne County by the Numbers

Cheyenne County has 401 farms on 645,026 acres (about 1,609 acres each). Together they sold $183.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, wheat and sorghum.

Beekeepers tend about 4 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Cheyenne County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Cheyenne County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cheyenne County counts 39,080 head of cattle, 914 egg-laying hens and 246 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 772 people run or help run farms in Cheyenne County, with an average age of 62. 31% of them are women. 56 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.