SCOTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Scott County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Friend and the rest of Scott County. Kansas favorites like honey and fresh-baked bread show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Scott County by the Numbers

Scott County has 263 farms on 458,248 acres (about 1,742 acres each). Together they sold $1.4 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

7 farms in Scott 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 Scott County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 310,251 head of cattle, 219 horses and ponies and 208 egg-laying hens in Scott County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 488 people run or help run farms in Scott County, with an average age of 55. 21% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Scott County stands out: it ranks #2 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.