ROWAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Rowan County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Clearfield, and Morehead. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Rowan County by the Numbers

Rowan County has 277 farms on 35,111 acres (about 127 acres each). Together they sold $5.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, pecans and hazelnuts, and local fields produce potatoes, chile peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 145 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Rowan County already sell straight to the public, about $18,000 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 Rowan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,042 head of cattle, 780 egg-laying hens and 326 hogs in Rowan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 469 people run or help run farms in Rowan County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.