DICKINSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Dickinson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Abilene, Chapman and Solomon. Kansas favorites like pumpkins and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dickinson County by the Numbers

Dickinson County has 810 farms on 455,551 acres (about 562 acres each). Together they sold $190 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 83 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Dickinson County already sell straight to the public, about $82,000 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 Dickinson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,739 head of cattle, 2,357 sheep and 1,199 egg-laying hens in Dickinson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,391 people run or help run farms in Dickinson County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 85 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dickinson County stands out: it ranks #19 of 105 KS counties for number of farms.