STAFFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Hudson, Macksville and and Stafford buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Stafford County by the Numbers

Stafford County has 489 farms on 405,396 acres (about 829 acres each). Together they sold $238.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

Local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes and okra.

13 farms in Stafford County already sell straight to the public, about $602,000 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 Stafford County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Stafford County counts 41,320 head of cattle, 1,109 sheep and 362 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 911 people run or help run farms in Stafford County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 80 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Stafford County stands out: it ranks #13 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public.