RUSH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Rush County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Alexander, Bison and Mc Cracken. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Rush County by the Numbers

Rush County has 469 farms on 337,199 acres (about 719 acres each). Together they sold $84.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, sorghum and corn.

6 farms in Rush County already sell straight to the public. 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 Rush County

Rush County farms and homesteads keep 22,040 head of cattle, 358 egg-laying hens and 140 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 836 people run or help run farms in Rush County, with an average age of 61. 33% of them are women. 71 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.