NESHOBA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Neshoba County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Philadelphia, and Union. Mississippi favorites like muscadines and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Neshoba County by the Numbers

Neshoba County has 522 farms on 89,971 acres (about 172 acres each). Together they sold $256.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and figs, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 245 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Neshoba County already sell straight to the public, about $70,000 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 Neshoba County

Neshoba County farms and homesteads keep 139,947 egg-laying hens, 17,061 head of cattle and 856 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 892 people run or help run farms in Neshoba County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 71 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Neshoba County stands out: it ranks #8 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens and #11 of 82 MS counties for number of farms.