MORRIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Morris County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Burdick, Dunlap and and White City. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Kansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Morris County by the Numbers

Morris County has 369 farms on 441,414 acres (about 1,196 acres each). Together they sold $126.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 62 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Morris County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Morris County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 60,981 head of cattle, 960 goats and 934 sheep in Morris County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 663 people run or help run farms in Morris County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 57 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 Morris County stands out: it ranks #18 of 91 KS counties for goats.