HARVEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Harvey County? Backyard growers and small farms around Burrton, Halstead and Sedgwick list it here. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Kansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Harvey County by the Numbers

Harvey County has 690 farms on 343,919 acres (about 498 acres each). Together they sold $179.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, green beans and onions. Beekeepers tend about 30 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Harvey County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 million 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 Harvey County

Harvey County farms and homesteads keep 37,693 head of cattle, 16,480 hogs and 12,058 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,217 people run or help run farms in Harvey County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 146 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Harvey County stands out: it ranks #2 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.