WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Washington County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Angie, Bogalusa and and Mount Hermon. Watch for local satsumas when it comes into season in Louisiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 815 farms on 96,444 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $57.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tangerines, limes and persimmons, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, turnips and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 1,163 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $126,000 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 Washington County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 25,934 head of cattle, 3,002 egg-laying hens and 698 goats in Washington County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,323 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #6 of 64 LA counties for number of farms and #5 of 50 LA counties for honey bee colonies.