LINCOLN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lincoln County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Choudrant, Dubach and and Simsboro. Louisiana favorites like pecans and strawberries 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 Lincoln County by the Numbers

Lincoln County has 325 farms on 75,860 acres (about 233 acres each). Together they sold $148.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 27 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Lincoln County already sell straight to the public, about $565,000 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 Lincoln County

Lincoln County farms and homesteads keep 111,844 egg-laying hens, 14,006 head of cattle and 547 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 550 people run or help run farms in Lincoln County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lincoln County stands out: it ranks #4 of 55 LA counties for egg-laying hens and #6 of 52 LA counties for selling food straight to the public.