MARSHALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Marshall County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Axtell, Beattie and Marysville. Kansas favorites like fresh-baked bread and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Marshall County by the Numbers

Marshall County has 708 farms on 443,244 acres (about 626 acres each). Together they sold $216.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 18 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Marshall 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 Marshall County

Marshall County farms and homesteads keep 41,689 head of cattle, 7,728 hogs and 517 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,244 people run or help run farms in Marshall County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 160 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.