FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Franklin County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Louisiana for Baskin, Fort Necessity and and Wisner. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in Louisiana. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 747 farms on 254,721 acres (about 341 acres each). Together they sold $151.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, tomatoes and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 417 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public. 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 Franklin County

Franklin County farms and homesteads keep 20,435 head of cattle, 993 egg-laying hens and 318 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,220 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 138 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #9 of 64 LA counties for total farm sales and #11 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.