FORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bucklin, Dodge City and and Wright buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ford County by the Numbers

Ford County has 536 farms on 698,533 acres (about 1,303 acres each). Together they sold $667.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

10 farms in Ford County already sell straight to the public, about $44,000 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 Ford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 177,981 head of cattle, 557 horses and ponies and 268 egg-laying hens in Ford County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 991 people run or help run farms in Ford County, with an average age of 60. 29% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ford County stands out: it ranks #6 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.