ALCORN COUNTY MARKET

Alcorn County, Mississippi Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Alcorn County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Glen, Kossuth and and Rienzi. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Mississippi. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Alcorn County by the Numbers

Alcorn County has 357 farms on 85,454 acres (about 239 acres each). Together they sold $28.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, poultry & eggs and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and tart cherries, and local fields produce snow peas, tomatoes, squash and okra. Beekeepers tend about 40 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Alcorn County already sell straight to the public. 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 Alcorn County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 115,456 egg-laying hens, 7,237 head of cattle and 316 goats in Alcorn County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 571 people run or help run farms in Alcorn County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 36 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Alcorn County stands out: it ranks #11 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens.