GRAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Gray County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cimarron, Copeland and and Montezuma list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Gray County by the Numbers

Gray County has 464 farms on 553,976 acres (about 1,194 acres each). Together they sold $1.3 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

1 farms in Gray 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 Gray County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gray County counts 288,654 head of cattle, 430 horses and ponies and 396 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 790 people run or help run farms in Gray County, with an average age of 57. 29% of them are women. 108 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.

Where Gray County stands out: it ranks #3 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.