PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Pike County? Backyard growers and small farms around Argo, Ashcamp and Broad Bottom list it here. Kentucky favorites like apples and sorghum syrup show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 66 farms on 19,397 acres (about 294 acres each). Together they sold $1.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and corn.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 85 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $30,000 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 Pike County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,764 head of cattle, 285 egg-laying hens and 72 sheep in Pike County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 100 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 55. 36% of them are women. 7 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.