CLOUD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cloud County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aurora, Clyde and and Rice. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cloud County by the Numbers

Cloud County has 419 farms on 328,457 acres (about 784 acres each). Together they sold $112.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

5 farms in Cloud County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Cloud County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cloud County counts 20,314 head of cattle, 588 egg-laying hens and 159 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 769 people run or help run farms in Cloud County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.