OUACHITA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Ouachita County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Monroe, West Monroe and and Spencer. Louisiana favorites like strawberries and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ouachita County by the Numbers

Ouachita County has 428 farms on 96,690 acres (about 226 acres each). Together they sold $56.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, okra, green peas and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 134 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Ouachita County already sell straight to the public, about $231,000 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 Ouachita County

Ouachita County farms and homesteads keep 5,027 head of cattle, 598 horses and ponies and 486 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 768 people run or help run farms in Ouachita County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ouachita County stands out: it ranks #12 of 56 LA counties for goats.