PENDLETON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Butler, Demossville and and Falmouth buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Kentucky favorites like tomatoes and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pendleton County by the Numbers

Pendleton County has 878 farms on 91,304 acres (about 104 acres each). Together they sold $10.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow persimmons, chestnuts and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 137 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Pendleton County already sell straight to the public, about $86,000 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 Pendleton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pendleton County counts 9,285 head of cattle, 3,069 egg-laying hens and 881 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,545 people run or help run farms in Pendleton County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 182 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pendleton County stands out: it ranks #15 of 117 KY counties for goats.