GEARY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Geary County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Junction City, and Milford. 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 Geary County by the Numbers

Geary County has 217 farms on 176,034 acres (about 811 acres each). Together they sold $53.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hogs and soybeans.

Local fields produce squash, garlic, fresh herbs and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Geary County already sell straight to the public, about $472,000 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 Geary County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Geary County counts 13,621 hogs, 13,409 head of cattle and 1,030 egg-laying hens.

About 411 people run or help run farms in Geary County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Geary County stands out: it ranks #14 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public.