MARSHALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Marshall County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Byhalia, Holly Springs and and Red Banks. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Marshall County by the Numbers

Marshall County has 498 farms on 189,255 acres (about 380 acres each). Together they sold $29.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, peaches and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, beets and okra. Beekeepers tend about 250 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Marshall County already sell straight to the public, about $52,000 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 Marshall County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 15,251 head of cattle, 1,207 egg-laying hens and 830 horses and ponies in Marshall County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 812 people run or help run farms in Marshall County, with an average age of 59. 35% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Marshall County stands out: it ranks #17 of 82 MS counties for number of farms.