JEWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Burr Oak, Esbon and Randall buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jewell County by the Numbers

Jewell County has 433 farms on 462,604 acres (about 1,068 acres each). Together they sold $158.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

3 farms in Jewell 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 Jewell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 30,866 head of cattle, 1,056 hogs and 831 egg-laying hens in Jewell County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 796 people run or help run farms in Jewell County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 82 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.