NOXUBEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Brooksville to and Shuqualak, Noxubee County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Noxubee County by the Numbers

Noxubee County has 458 farms on 214,860 acres (about 469 acres each). Together they sold $202.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and corn.

Local fields produce squash, sweet corn, turnip greens and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,035 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Noxubee County already sell straight to the public, about $58,000 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 Noxubee County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 238,178 egg-laying hens, 17,083 head of cattle and 1,353 sheep in Noxubee County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 709 people run or help run farms in Noxubee County, with an average age of 59. 28% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Noxubee County stands out: it ranks #4 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies.