WEST CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in West Carroll County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Epps, Kilbourne and and Terry. 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 West Carroll County by the Numbers

West Carroll County has 517 farms on 126,785 acres (about 245 acres each). Together they sold $55.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and plums, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 31 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in West Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $140,000 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 Carroll County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, West Carroll County counts 5,156 head of cattle, 368 egg-laying hens and 339 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 889 people run or help run farms in West Carroll County, with an average age of 64. 43% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.