BOSSIER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Bossier County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bossier City, Barksdale A F B and Plain Dealing. Louisiana favorites like pecans and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bossier County by the Numbers

Bossier County has 462 farms on 105,381 acres (about 228 acres each). Together they sold $11.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and persimmons, and local fields produce cucumbers, spinach, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 662 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Bossier County already sell straight to the public, about $150,000 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 Bossier County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Bossier County counts 18,540 head of cattle, 1,797 horses and ponies and 1,447 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 753 people run or help run farms in Bossier County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 61 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 Bossier County stands out: it ranks #9 of 50 LA counties for honey bee colonies.