ELLSWORTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ellsworth County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ellsworth, Holyrood and and Wilson. Kansas favorites like fresh-baked bread and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Ellsworth County by the Numbers

Ellsworth County has 327 farms on 306,934 acres (about 939 acres each). Together they sold $48 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and sorghum.

2 farms in Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County

Ellsworth County farms and homesteads keep 25,878 head of cattle, 327 egg-laying hens and 109 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 600 people run or help run farms in Ellsworth County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.