NEWTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Newton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Chunky, Conehatta and Little Rock. 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 Newton County by the Numbers

Newton County has 501 farms on 91,201 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $176.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, garlic and okra. Beekeepers tend about 273 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Newton County already sell straight to the public, about $269,000 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 Newton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 147,057 egg-laying hens, 17,823 head of cattle and 605 horses and ponies in Newton County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 859 people run or help run farms in Newton County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 78 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Newton County stands out: it ranks #5 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public and #7 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens.