CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Clay County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clay Center, Green and and Wakefield. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 449 farms on 338,106 acres (about 753 acres each). Together they sold $152 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $40,000 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 Clay County

Clay County farms and homesteads keep 55,106 hogs, 32,710 head of cattle and 860 egg-laying hens.

About 822 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.