HICKMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hickman County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clinton, and Columbus. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Kentucky. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hickman County by the Numbers

Hickman County has 226 farms on 111,590 acres (about 494 acres each). Together they sold $198.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, cucumbers, squash and okra.

6 farms in Hickman County already sell straight to the public. 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 Hickman County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hickman County counts 23,800 hogs, 991 head of cattle and 140 goats.

About 406 people run or help run farms in Hickman County, with an average age of 59. 29% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hickman County stands out: it ranks #12 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.