LAUDERDALE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Meridian, Bailey and and Toomsuba buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Mississippi favorites like sweet potatoes and pecans show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lauderdale County by the Numbers

Lauderdale County has 283 farms on 67,105 acres (about 237 acres each). Together they sold $5.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, okra, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 23 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Lauderdale County already sell straight to the public, about $88,000 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 Lauderdale County

Lauderdale County farms and homesteads keep 3,672 head of cattle, 997 egg-laying hens and 305 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 440 people run or help run farms in Lauderdale County, with an average age of 63. 42% of them are women. 8 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.