GREENUP COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Greenup County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kentucky for Argillite, Flatwoods and South Portsmouth. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Greenup County by the Numbers

Greenup County has 475 farms on 72,288 acres (about 152 acres each). Together they sold $6.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, walnuts and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, cabbage and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 319 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Greenup County already sell straight to the public, about $295,000 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 Greenup County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Greenup County counts 5,858 head of cattle, 1,084 egg-laying hens and 532 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 823 people run or help run farms in Greenup County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 113 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 Greenup County stands out: it ranks #21 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies and #22 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public.