ELLIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Antonino, Ellis and and Walker buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Kansas favorites like honey and fresh-baked bread show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ellis County by the Numbers

Ellis County has 653 farms on 573,649 acres (about 878 acres each). Together they sold $93.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and sorghum.

Beekeepers tend about 132 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Ellis County already sell straight to the public, about $34,000 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 Ellis County

Ellis County farms and homesteads keep 30,180 head of cattle, 1,026 hogs and 761 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,094 people run or help run farms in Ellis County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.