CONCORDIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Acme, Clayton and and Wildsville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Concordia County by the Numbers

Concordia County has 373 farms on 301,766 acres (about 809 acres each). Together they sold $123 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Concordia County

Concordia County farms and homesteads keep 2,113 head of cattle, 216 goats and 162 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 641 people run or help run farms in Concordia County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 30 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.