MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Monroe County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Aberdeen, Amory and Nettleton. Watch for local muscadines when it comes into season in Mississippi. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 520 farms on 162,823 acres (about 313 acres each). Together they sold $41.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 278 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Monroe County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,384 head of cattle, 4,948 egg-laying hens and 798 goats in Monroe County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 800 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 62. 32% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Monroe County stands out: it ranks #8 of 73 MS counties for goats and #12 of 82 MS counties for number of farms.