CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Clay County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cedarbluff, Pheba and and West Point. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in Mississippi. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 370 farms on 157,471 acres (about 426 acres each). Together they sold $49.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce sweet corn, collard greens and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 387 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Clay 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 Clay County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 68,800 hogs, 16,433 head of cattle and 394 egg-laying hens in Clay County.

About 637 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 36 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clay County stands out: it ranks #9 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies.