SHERMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Sherman County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Edson, Goodland and and Kanorado. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Sherman County by the Numbers

Sherman County has 373 farms on 674,867 acres (about 1,809 acres each). Together they sold $180.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cattle and wheat.

3 farms in Sherman County already sell straight to the public, about $1,000 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 Sherman County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 22,498 head of cattle, 596 horses and ponies and 532 egg-laying hens in Sherman County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 689 people run or help run farms in Sherman County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 92 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.