PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pike County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Chatawa, Fernwood and and Summit. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Mississippi. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 474 farms on 57,529 acres (about 121 acres each). Together they sold $73.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 126 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $67,000 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 Pike County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pike County counts 10,794 head of cattle, 768 goats and 638 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 826 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 26 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pike County stands out: it ranks #9 of 73 MS counties for goats.