WICHITA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wichita County? Backyard growers and small farms around Leoti, and Modoc list it here. Kansas favorites like sweet corn and pumpkins 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 Wichita County by the Numbers

Wichita County has 266 farms on 459,188 acres (about 1,726 acres each). Together they sold $590.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, wheat and sorghum.

3 farms in Wichita County already sell straight to the public, about $6,000 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 Wichita County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wichita County counts 96,894 head of cattle, 261 goats and 140 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 555 people run or help run farms in Wichita County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 54 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 Wichita County stands out: it ranks #7 of 105 KS counties for total farm sales.