SHARKEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Anguilla, Cary and Panther Burn buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sharkey County by the Numbers

Sharkey County has 112 farms on 177,028 acres (about 1,581 acres each). Together they sold $126.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Sharkey County

About 238 people run or help run farms in Sharkey County, with an average age of 55. 27% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.