JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Jefferson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Fayette, and Union Church. Mississippi favorites like muscadines and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 174 farms on 61,569 acres (about 354 acres each). Together they sold $37.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and corn.

Local fields produce turnips and green peas.

2 farms in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,922 head of cattle, 367 goats and 208 egg-laying hens in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 276 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 62. 27% of them are women. 13 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.