BRACKEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Bracken County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Augusta, Brooksville and and Germantown. 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 Bracken County by the Numbers

Bracken County has 557 farms on 90,102 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $12.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and tobacco.

Local fields produce pumpkins, bell peppers, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Bracken County already sell straight to the public, about $185,000 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 Bracken County

Bracken County farms and homesteads keep 12,429 head of cattle, 1,093 egg-laying hens and 503 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 986 people run or help run farms in Bracken County, with an average age of 55. 32% of them are women. 136 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.