MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Montgomery County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Jeffersonville, and Mount Sterling. 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 Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 528 farms on 67,199 acres (about 127 acres each). Together they sold $15.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce green beans, pumpkins and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 33 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $28,000 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 Montgomery County

Montgomery County farms and homesteads keep 19,175 head of cattle, 1,225 sheep and 1,179 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 910 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 70 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.