DECATUR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Decatur County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Dresden, Jennings and and Oberlin. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Decatur County by the Numbers

Decatur County has 336 farms on 514,685 acres (about 1,532 acres each). Together they sold $261.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 6 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Decatur County already sell straight to the public. 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 Decatur County

Decatur County farms and homesteads keep 69,146 head of cattle, 180 goats and 165 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 635 people run or help run farms in Decatur County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 36 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.