NATCHITOCHES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Natchitoches County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ashland, Campti and Gorum. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Natchitoches County by the Numbers

Natchitoches County has 468 farms on 174,224 acres (about 372 acres each). Together they sold $102.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons, mustard greens and turnip greens. Beekeepers tend about 83 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Natchitoches County already sell straight to the public, about $56,000 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 Natchitoches County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 25,893 head of cattle, 713 horses and ponies and 350 goats in Natchitoches County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 786 people run or help run farms in Natchitoches County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.