CRAWFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crawford County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Arcadia, Arma and Frontenac. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Kansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Crawford County by the Numbers

Crawford County has 763 farms on 352,793 acres (about 462 acres each). Together they sold $93.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, okra and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 188 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Crawford County already sell straight to the public, about $17,000 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 Crawford County

Crawford County farms and homesteads keep 47,372 head of cattle, 2,086 egg-laying hens and 408 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,326 people run or help run farms in Crawford County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Crawford County stands out: it ranks #18 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.