KAY COUNTY MARKET

Kay County, Oklahoma Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Kay County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ponca City, Blackwell and Peckham list it here. Watch for local watermelons when it comes into season in Oklahoma. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Kay County by the Numbers

Kay County has 840 farms on 520,978 acres (about 620 acres each). Together they sold $84.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce okra, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 57 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Kay County already sell straight to the public, about $86,000 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 Kay County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,154 head of cattle, 5,304 egg-laying hens and 2,407 goats in Kay County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,424 people run or help run farms in Kay County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kay County stands out: it ranks #7 of 77 OK counties for goats.