COVINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Collins, Mount Olive and and Seminary buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Covington County by the Numbers

Covington County has 422 farms on 71,060 acres (about 168 acres each). Together they sold $266 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, cantaloupes and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 1,816 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Covington County already sell straight to the public, about $24,000 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 Covington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Covington County counts 102,650 egg-laying hens, 32,943 head of cattle and 396 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 666 people run or help run farms in Covington County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Covington County stands out: it ranks #4 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies and #11 of 82 MS counties for total farm sales.