ROOKS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Rooks County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Damar, Palco and and Woodston. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Kansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Rooks County by the Numbers

Rooks County has 466 farms on 567,973 acres (about 1,219 acres each). Together they sold $113 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and sorghum.

3 farms in Rooks County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Rooks County

Rooks County farms and homesteads keep 40,100 head of cattle, 133 horses and ponies and 114 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 868 people run or help run farms in Rooks County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 100 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.