JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Jefferson Davis County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Louisiana for Elton, Fenton and Roanoke. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jefferson Davis County by the Numbers

Jefferson Davis County has 622 farms on 297,971 acres (about 479 acres each). Together they sold $136.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, aquaculture and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce turnips, watermelons, sweet corn and tomatoes.

34 farms in Jefferson Davis County already sell straight to the public, about $192,000 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 Jefferson Davis County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jefferson Davis County counts 18,690 head of cattle, 1,728 egg-laying hens and 555 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,088 people run or help run farms in Jefferson Davis County, with an average age of 55. 32% of them are women. 108 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 Jefferson Davis County stands out: it ranks #13 of 64 LA counties for number of farms and #13 of 64 LA counties for total farm sales.