WALTHALL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Sandy Hook, and Tylertown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Walthall County by the Numbers

Walthall County has 484 farms on 68,536 acres (about 142 acres each). Together they sold $119.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, cantaloupes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 165 honey bee colonies.

17 farms in Walthall County already sell straight to the public, about $49,000 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 Walthall County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Walthall County counts 92,068 egg-laying hens, 20,061 head of cattle and 445 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 781 people run or help run farms in Walthall County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 55 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.