HUMPHREYS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Humphreys County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belzoni, Isola and and Silver City. Mississippi favorites like sweet potatoes and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Humphreys County by the Numbers

Humphreys County has 214 farms on 192,073 acres (about 898 acres each). Together they sold $147.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and aquaculture.

Beekeepers tend about 8 honey bee colonies.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Humphreys County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 94 head of cattle, 60 hogs and 44 horses and ponies in Humphreys County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 341 people run or help run farms in Humphreys County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 20 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.