HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bethlehem to New Castle, Henry County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 719 farms on 126,077 acres (about 175 acres each). Together they sold $30.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 321 honey bee colonies.

61 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $1 million 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 Henry County

Henry County farms and homesteads keep 22,766 head of cattle, 2,903 egg-laying hens and 889 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,232 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 140 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #7 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public and #20 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.