MITCHELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Mitchell County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cawker City, Glen Elder and and Tipton. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mitchell County by the Numbers

Mitchell County has 372 farms on 421,946 acres (about 1,134 acres each). Together they sold $168.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, soybeans and sorghum.

7 farms in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 38,105 head of cattle, 643 sheep and 527 egg-laying hens in Mitchell County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 620 people run or help run farms in Mitchell County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 75 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.