TRIGG COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Golden Pond and the rest of Trigg County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Kentucky. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Trigg County by the Numbers

Trigg County has 406 farms on 100,908 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $73.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce cantaloupes, pumpkins, sweet corn and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 144 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Trigg County already sell straight to the public, about $332,000 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 Trigg County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Trigg County counts 15,654 head of cattle, 7,157 egg-laying hens and 724 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 807 people run or help run farms in Trigg County, with an average age of 56. 39% of them are women. 105 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 Trigg County stands out: it ranks #17 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public and #19 of 110 KY counties for egg-laying hens.