AVOYELLES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Avoyelles County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bordelonville, Center Point and Hamburg. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Louisiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Avoyelles County by the Numbers

Avoyelles County has 868 farms on 294,956 acres (about 340 acres each). Together they sold $164.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, soybeans and corn.

Local fields produce sweet potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 6,665 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Avoyelles County already sell straight to the public, about $624,000 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 Avoyelles County

Avoyelles County farms and homesteads keep 27,646 head of cattle, 1,755 egg-laying hens and 505 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,519 people run or help run farms in Avoyelles County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Avoyelles County stands out: it ranks #1 of 50 LA counties for honey bee colonies and #3 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.