ADAIR COUNTY MARKET

Adair County, Kentucky Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Adair County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Breeding, Glens Fork and and Montpelier. Kentucky favorites like tomatoes and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Adair County by the Numbers

Adair County has 1,074 farms on 142,751 acres (about 133 acres each). Together they sold $103.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow pawpaws, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 193 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Adair County already sell straight to the public, about $72,000 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 Adair County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Adair County counts 74,150 egg-laying hens, 40,826 head of cattle and 1,567 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,774 people run or help run farms in Adair County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 142 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 Adair County stands out: it ranks #10 of 110 KY counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 120 KY counties for number of farms.