MCCRACKEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in McCracken County? Backyard growers and small farms around Paducah, Kevil and and West Paducah list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in McCracken County by the Numbers

McCracken County has 339 farms on 59,709 acres (about 176 acres each). Together they sold $38.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, squash and radishes. Beekeepers tend about 376 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in McCracken County already sell straight to the public, about $261,000 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 McCracken County

McCracken County farms and homesteads keep 1,919 head of cattle, 414 goats and 284 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 532 people run or help run farms in McCracken County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where McCracken County stands out: it ranks #14 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies.