YAZOO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Benton to and Yazoo City, Yazoo County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Yazoo County by the Numbers

Yazoo County has 518 farms on 329,908 acres (about 637 acres each). Together they sold $147.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 3,428 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Yazoo County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Yazoo County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 11,588 head of cattle, 1,338 egg-laying hens and 632 horses and ponies in Yazoo County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 977 people run or help run farms in Yazoo County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 64 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Yazoo County stands out: it ranks #1 of 64 MS counties for honey bee colonies and #13 of 82 MS counties for number of farms.