CAMERON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Cameron County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Louisiana for Cameron, Creole and and Hackberry. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cameron County by the Numbers

Cameron County has 230 farms on 153,946 acres (about 669 acres each). Together they sold $8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and aquaculture.

Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Cameron County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Cameron County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cameron County counts 15,735 head of cattle, 504 horses and ponies and 291 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 391 people run or help run farms in Cameron County, with an average age of 50. 32% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.