NEOSHO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Neosho County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Chanute, Erie and and Thayer. 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 Neosho County by the Numbers

Neosho County has 612 farms on 319,747 acres (about 522 acres each). Together they sold $95.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. Beekeepers tend about 93 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Neosho County already sell straight to the public, about $50,000 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 Neosho County

Neosho County farms and homesteads keep 42,704 head of cattle, 1,571 egg-laying hens and 1,415 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,050 people run or help run farms in Neosho County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Neosho County stands out: it ranks #8 of 91 KS counties for goats and #19 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.