MEADE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Meade County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Fowler, Meade and and Plains. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Kansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Meade County by the Numbers

Meade County has 397 farms on 624,369 acres (about 1,573 acres each). Together they sold $390.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, wheat and soybeans.

1 farms in Meade 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 Meade County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 68,990 head of cattle, 1,848 sheep and 382 egg-laying hens in Meade County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 708 people run or help run farms in Meade County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 117 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.

Where Meade County stands out: it ranks #15 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.