MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Madison County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Camden, Canton and and Tougaloo. 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 Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 510 farms on 197,702 acres (about 388 acres each). Together they sold $38.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 61 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $106,000 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 Madison County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Madison County counts 9,645 head of cattle, 1,294 egg-laying hens and 555 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 862 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 62. 35% of them are women. 49 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.

Where Madison County stands out: it ranks #14 of 82 MS counties for number of farms and #12 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public.