GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grant County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bentley, Colfax and and Pollock list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 200 farms on 40,743 acres (about 204 acres each). Together they sold $11.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and grapes, and local fields produce green beans. Beekeepers tend about 17 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $148,000 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 Grant County

Grant County farms and homesteads keep 5,942 head of cattle, 1,471 egg-laying hens and 341 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 338 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 61. 43% of them are women. 11 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.