ATTALA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Attala County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ethel, Kosciusko and and Sallis list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Attala County by the Numbers

Attala County has 412 farms on 145,490 acres (about 353 acres each). Together they sold $20 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pecans and persimmons, and local fields produce okra, kale, mustard greens and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Attala County already sell straight to the public, about $38,000 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 Attala County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Attala County counts 5,115 head of cattle, 781 egg-laying hens and 501 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 674 people run or help run farms in Attala County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.