GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ulysses, Grant County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 297 farms on 363,590 acres (about 1,224 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

4 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Grant County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 241,105 head of cattle, 149 egg-laying hens and 131 horses and ponies in Grant County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 538 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 60. 42% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grant County stands out: it ranks #5 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.