FINNEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Garden City, Holcomb and and Pierceville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Finney County by the Numbers

Finney County has 563 farms on 821,433 acres (about 1,459 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

8 farms in Finney County already sell straight to the public, about $18,000 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 Finney County

Finney County farms and homesteads keep 273,767 head of cattle, 2,447 goats and 1,225 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,132 people run or help run farms in Finney County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 104 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Finney County stands out: it ranks #3 of 91 KS counties for goats and #4 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.