WINSTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Winston County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Louisville, and Noxapater. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Winston County by the Numbers

Winston County has 448 farms on 89,088 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $88.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce okra, green peas, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 195 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Winston 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 Winston County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 239,464 egg-laying hens, 9,946 head of cattle and 594 goats in Winston County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 746 people run or help run farms in Winston County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Winston County stands out: it ranks #3 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens.