BEAUREGARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Deridder, Fields and and Sugartown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Louisiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Beauregard County by the Numbers

Beauregard County has 757 farms on 157,030 acres (about 207 acres each). Together they sold $19.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, oranges and tangerines, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, cucumbers and squash. Beekeepers tend about 521 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Beauregard County already sell straight to the public, about $742,000 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 Beauregard County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Beauregard County counts 28,414 head of cattle, 3,535 egg-laying hens and 1,439 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,391 people run or help run farms in Beauregard County, with an average age of 56. 39% of them are women. 202 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Beauregard County stands out: it ranks #3 of 52 LA counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.