LAFAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Lafayette to Scott, Lafayette County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Lafayette County by the Numbers

Lafayette County has 502 farms on 42,861 acres (about 85 acres each). Together they sold $28.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, persimmons and oranges, and local fields produce cabbage, tomatoes, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 915 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Lafayette County already sell straight to the public, about $165,000 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 Lafayette County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lafayette County counts 7,442 head of cattle, 1,683 egg-laying hens and 739 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 854 people run or help run farms in Lafayette County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 44 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 Lafayette County stands out: it ranks #8 of 50 LA counties for honey bee colonies.