UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Henshaw, Sturgis and and Waverly buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 290 farms on 219,151 acres (about 756 acres each). Together they sold $191.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and wheat.

6 farms in Union County already sell straight to the public, about $7,000 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 Union County

Union County farms and homesteads keep 5,995 head of cattle, 354 hogs and 279 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 495 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 33 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Union County stands out: it ranks #13 of 120 KY counties for total farm sales.