SALINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Saline County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kansas for Assaria, Bavaria and and New Cambria. Watch for local fresh-baked bread when it comes into season in Kansas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Saline County by the Numbers

Saline County has 513 farms on 314,203 acres (about 612 acres each). Together they sold $69.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 187 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Saline County already sell straight to the public, about $33,000 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 Saline County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Saline County counts 18,085 head of cattle, 1,946 sheep and 912 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 902 people run or help run farms in Saline County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 83 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.