SIMPSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Simpson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Franklin and the rest of Simpson County. 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 Simpson County by the Numbers

Simpson County has 400 farms on 109,458 acres (about 274 acres each). Together they sold $111 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce squash, sweet corn, tomatoes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 71 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Simpson County already sell straight to the public, about $128,000 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 Simpson County

Simpson County farms and homesteads keep 9,122 head of cattle, 819 egg-laying hens and 491 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 682 people run or help run farms in Simpson County, with an average age of 56. 32% of them are women. 72 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Simpson County stands out: it ranks #22 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.