WEST BATON ROUGE COUNTY MARKET

West Baton Rouge County, Louisiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the West Baton Rouge County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Louisiana for Addis, Brusly and and Port Allen. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in West Baton Rouge County by the Numbers

West Baton Rouge County has 112 farms on 46,665 acres (about 417 acres each). Together they sold $61.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, soybeans and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, oranges and tangerines.

9 farms in West Baton Rouge County already sell straight to the public, about $99,000 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 West Baton Rouge County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, West Baton Rouge County counts 1,483 head of cattle, 252 egg-laying hens and 247 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 208 people run or help run farms in West Baton Rouge County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 6 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.