PHILLIPS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Phillips County? Backyard growers and small farms around Agra, Glade and Phillipsburg list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Kansas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Phillips County by the Numbers

Phillips County has 378 farms on 460,080 acres (about 1,217 acres each). Together they sold $117.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 5 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Phillips County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Phillips County

Phillips County farms and homesteads keep 39,639 head of cattle, 28,700 hogs and 2,808 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 667 people run or help run farms in Phillips County, with an average age of 58. 30% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Phillips County stands out: it ranks #10 of 99 KS counties for egg-laying hens.