MIAMI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bucyrus, Fontana and and Paola buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Miami County by the Numbers

Miami County has 1,254 farms on 273,336 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $79.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce fresh herbs, lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 319 honey bee colonies.

78 farms in Miami County already sell straight to the public, about $753,000 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 Miami County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Miami County counts 34,069 head of cattle, 4,660 egg-laying hens and 1,583 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,190 people run or help run farms in Miami County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 209 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Miami County stands out: it ranks #4 of 105 KS counties for number of farms and #4 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.