HOPKINS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Hopkins County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kentucky for Dawson Springs, Earlington and Mortons Gap. 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 Hopkins County by the Numbers

Hopkins County has 623 farms on 219,888 acres (about 353 acres each). Together they sold $211.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce cantaloupes, watermelons, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 131 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Hopkins County already sell straight to the public, about $65,000 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 Hopkins County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,414 head of cattle, 614 sheep and 442 goats in Hopkins County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,047 people run or help run farms in Hopkins County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 97 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hopkins County stands out: it ranks #11 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.