CALLOWAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Calloway County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Almo, Dexter and and New Concord. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Calloway County by the Numbers

Calloway County has 821 farms on 143,172 acres (about 174 acres each). Together they sold $132.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Local fields produce bell peppers, cabbage, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 210 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Calloway County already sell straight to the public, about $114,000 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 Calloway County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,560 head of cattle, 987 horses and ponies and 960 sheep in Calloway County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,388 people run or help run farms in Calloway County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 120 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Calloway County stands out: it ranks #19 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.