ASCENSION COUNTY MARKET

Ascension County, Louisiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Ascension County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Darrow, Donaldsonville and Saint Amant. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Louisiana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Ascension County by the Numbers

Ascension County has 265 farms on 47,062 acres (about 178 acres each). Together they sold $31.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, carrots, mustard greens and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 274 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Ascension County already sell straight to the public, about $59,000 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 Ascension County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,029 head of cattle, 1,457 egg-laying hens and 481 goats in Ascension County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 387 people run or help run farms in Ascension County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.