JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bassfield, Carson and and Prentiss buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jefferson Davis County by the Numbers

Jefferson Davis County has 316 farms on 53,739 acres (about 170 acres each). Together they sold $86.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 7 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Jefferson Davis County already sell straight to the public, about $42,000 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 Jefferson Davis County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,215 head of cattle, 414 horses and ponies and 225 goats in Jefferson Davis County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 492 people run or help run farms in Jefferson Davis County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 44 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.