REPUBLIC COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Republic County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Agenda, Belleville and Narka. Watch for local pumpkins 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 Republic County by the Numbers

Republic County has 470 farms on 315,020 acres (about 670 acres each). Together they sold $254.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 110 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Republic County already sell straight to the public, about $93,000 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 Republic County

Republic County farms and homesteads keep 47,182 head of cattle, 1,609 sheep and 251 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 795 people run or help run farms in Republic County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.