CLAIBORNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Claiborne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Hermanville, Lorman and and Port Gibson list it here. 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 Claiborne County by the Numbers

Claiborne County has 172 farms on 67,446 acres (about 392 acres each). Together they sold $7.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, fruit & nuts and poultry & eggs.

4 farms in Claiborne County already sell straight to the public, about $3,000 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 Claiborne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,029 head of cattle, 185 egg-laying hens and 116 horses and ponies in Claiborne County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 283 people run or help run farms in Claiborne County, with an average age of 62. 21% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.