LA SALLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Jena, Olla and and Urania buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Louisiana favorites like strawberries and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in La Salle County by the Numbers

La Salle County has 204 farms on 18,711 acres (about 92 acres each). Together they sold $2.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce cucumbers, snow peas, chile peppers and bell peppers.

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

Farm Life in La Salle County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, La Salle County counts 2,975 head of cattle, 1,361 egg-laying hens and 383 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 361 people run or help run farms in La Salle County, with an average age of 53. 39% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.