HARPER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Harper County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Anthony, Attica and Harper. Kansas favorites like fresh-baked bread and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Harper County by the Numbers

Harper County has 457 farms on 444,647 acres (about 973 acres each). Together they sold $100.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 25 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Harper 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 Harper County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 51,026 head of cattle, 821 sheep and 417 egg-laying hens in Harper County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 777 people run or help run farms in Harper County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.