WOODSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Woodson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Neosho Falls, Piqua and and Yates Center list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Woodson County by the Numbers

Woodson County has 240 farms on 251,633 acres (about 1,048 acres each). Together they sold $73.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 34 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Woodson County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Woodson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Woodson County counts 24,908 head of cattle, 489 egg-laying hens and 251 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 448 people run or help run farms in Woodson County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 13 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.