PRENTISS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Prentiss County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Baldwyn, Booneville and and Wheeler. Watch for local muscadines when it comes into season in Mississippi. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Prentiss County by the Numbers

Prentiss County has 439 farms on 127,115 acres (about 290 acres each). Together they sold $31.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and cotton.

Local fields produce sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Prentiss County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Prentiss County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 16,594 head of cattle, 907 sheep and 794 egg-laying hens in Prentiss County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 672 people run or help run farms in Prentiss County, with an average age of 57. 30% of them are women. 86 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Prentiss County stands out: it ranks #13 of 73 MS counties for goats.