ITAWAMBA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Itawamba County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Fulton, Golden and and Tremont. Mississippi favorites like pecans and blueberries 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 Itawamba County by the Numbers

Itawamba County has 335 farms on 89,001 acres (about 266 acres each). Together they sold $17.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cotton and cattle.

Local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Itawamba County already sell straight to the public, about $20,000 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 Itawamba County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Itawamba County counts 5,081 head of cattle, 775 egg-laying hens and 284 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 511 people run or help run farms in Itawamba County, with an average age of 62. 31% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.