LEFLORE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Doddsville, Greenwood and Schlater buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in Mississippi. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Leflore County by the Numbers

Leflore County has 242 farms on 300,354 acres (about 1,241 acres each). Together they sold $296.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, aquaculture and corn.

Local fields produce mustard greens, squash, okra and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 32 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Leflore County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Leflore County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Leflore County counts 539 head of cattle, 392 egg-laying hens and 32 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 416 people run or help run farms in Leflore County, with an average age of 59. 26% of them are women. 14 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.

Where Leflore County stands out: it ranks #8 of 82 MS counties for total farm sales.