CHICKASAW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Chickasaw County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Egypt, Houlka and and Woodland. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Chickasaw County by the Numbers

Chickasaw County has 424 farms on 163,560 acres (about 386 acres each). Together they sold $108.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, and local fields produce sweet potatoes and pumpkins.

15 farms in Chickasaw County already sell straight to the public, about $125,000 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 Chickasaw County

Chickasaw County farms and homesteads keep 120,426 egg-laying hens, 57,135 hogs and 23,746 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 709 people run or help run farms in Chickasaw County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chickasaw County stands out: it ranks #8 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public and #10 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens.