MENIFEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Menifee County? Backyard growers and small farms around Denniston, Korea and and Scranton list it here. 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 Menifee County by the Numbers

Menifee County has 213 farms on 24,724 acres (about 116 acres each). Together they sold $2.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, green beans and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Menifee County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Menifee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,053 head of cattle, 376 egg-laying hens and 166 horses and ponies in Menifee County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 347 people run or help run farms in Menifee County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 22 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.