LAMAR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lamar County? Backyard growers and small farms around Hattiesburg, Lumberton and and Sumrall list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lamar County by the Numbers

Lamar County has 385 farms on 52,915 acres (about 137 acres each). Together they sold $41.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, figs and persimmons, and local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 137 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Lamar County already sell straight to the public, about $41,000 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 Lamar County

Lamar County farms and homesteads keep 68,651 egg-laying hens, 10,941 head of cattle and 603 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 639 people run or help run farms in Lamar County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.