WOODFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Woodford County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Kentucky for Midway, and Versailles. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Woodford County by the Numbers

Woodford County has 688 farms on 103,650 acres (about 151 acres each). Together they sold $235.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by horses, cattle and tobacco.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, squash and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 642 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Woodford County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 million 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 Woodford County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Woodford County counts 14,418 head of cattle, 7,890 horses and ponies and 1,531 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,359 people run or help run farms in Woodford County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 120 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Woodford County stands out: it ranks #3 of 111 KY counties for honey bee colonies and #6 of 113 KY counties for selling food straight to the public.