OWEN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Owen County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in New Liberty, Owenton and and Worthville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Owen County by the Numbers

Owen County has 674 farms on 136,342 acres (about 202 acres each). Together they sold $34.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, walnuts and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 168 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Owen County already sell straight to the public, about $109,000 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 Owen County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Owen County counts 21,438 head of cattle, 1,495 sheep and 584 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,165 people run or help run farms in Owen County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 132 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.