COWLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cowley County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Arkansas City, Atlanta and Maple City. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Kansas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cowley County by the Numbers

Cowley County has 879 farms on 519,270 acres (about 591 acres each). Together they sold $116.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 120 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Cowley County already sell straight to the public, about $326,000 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 Cowley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cowley County counts 52,769 head of cattle, 21,194 egg-laying hens and 4,240 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,498 people run or help run farms in Cowley County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 138 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.

Where Cowley County stands out: it ranks #1 of 91 KS counties for goats and #2 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.