TAYLOR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Taylor County? Backyard growers and small farms around Campbellsville, and Elk Horn list it here. 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 Taylor County by the Numbers

Taylor County has 663 farms on 89,598 acres (about 135 acres each). Together they sold $58.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and dairy (milk).

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelons and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 162 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Taylor County already sell straight to the public, about $81,000 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 Taylor County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Taylor County counts 17,631 head of cattle, 2,039 egg-laying hens and 859 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,122 people run or help run farms in Taylor County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 98 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.