CADDO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Shreveport to Dixie, Caddo County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Louisiana favorites like sweet potatoes and satsumas show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Caddo County by the Numbers

Caddo County has 589 farms on 155,636 acres (about 264 acres each). Together they sold $48.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet potatoes, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 119 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Caddo 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 Caddo County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Caddo County counts 30,477 head of cattle, 2,265 egg-laying hens and 1,231 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,065 people run or help run farms in Caddo County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 67 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Caddo County stands out: it ranks #2 of 52 LA counties for selling food straight to the public.