BALLARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ballard County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bandana, Barlow and and Wickliffe. Kentucky favorites like sorghum syrup and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ballard County by the Numbers

Ballard County has 307 farms on 93,696 acres (about 305 acres each). Together they sold $99.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce tomatoes and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 501 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Ballard County already sell straight to the public, about $25,000 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 Ballard County

Ballard County farms and homesteads keep 3,710 head of cattle, 716 sheep and 185 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 543 people run or help run farms in Ballard County, with an average age of 56. 28% of them are women. 60 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ballard County stands out: it ranks #6 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.