AMITE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Amite County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Gloster, Liberty and and Smithdale. Mississippi favorites like muscadines and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Amite County by the Numbers

Amite County has 407 farms on 80,958 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $62.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes, beets and okra. Beekeepers tend about 668 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Amite County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Amite County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,336 head of cattle, 1,198 egg-laying hens and 447 goats in Amite County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 701 people run or help run farms in Amite County, with an average age of 62. 40% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Amite County stands out: it ranks #6 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies.