SUMNER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Sumner County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Argonia, Belle Plaine and Mayfield. Watch for local pumpkins when it comes into season in Kansas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sumner County by the Numbers

Sumner County has 1,013 farms on 750,650 acres (about 741 acres each). Together they sold $181.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 80 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Sumner County already sell straight to the public, about $795,000 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 Sumner County

Sumner County farms and homesteads keep 19,293 head of cattle, 2,172 egg-laying hens and 1,622 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,840 people run or help run farms in Sumner County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 131 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sumner County stands out: it ranks #7 of 105 KS counties for number of farms and #8 of 76 KS counties for selling food straight to the public.