SMITH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Mize, Pulaski and and Taylorsville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Mississippi favorites like sweet potatoes and pecans show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Smith County by the Numbers

Smith County has 487 farms on 83,160 acres (about 171 acres each). Together they sold $282 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 299 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Smith County already sell straight to the public, about $42,000 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 Smith County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 83,686 egg-laying hens, 16,990 head of cattle and 589 horses and ponies in Smith County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 783 people run or help run farms in Smith County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Smith County stands out: it ranks #10 of 82 MS counties for total farm sales and #12 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies.