COMANCHE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Comanche County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Coldwater, Protection and and Wilmore. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Comanche County by the Numbers

Comanche County has 206 farms on 451,953 acres (about 2,194 acres each). Together they sold $54 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and sorghum.

3 farms in Comanche County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Comanche County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 40,484 head of cattle, 207 horses and ponies and 72 egg-laying hens in Comanche County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 394 people run or help run farms in Comanche County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 25 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.