MERCER COUNTY MARKET

Mercer County, West Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Mercer County? Backyard growers and small farms around Athens, Beeson and Coaldale list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mercer County by the Numbers

Mercer County has 374 farms on 60,763 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $4.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, fruit & nuts and Christmas trees.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, sweet cherries and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 121 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Mercer County already sell straight to the public, about $92,000 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 Mercer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 4,732 head of cattle, 1,718 egg-laying hens and 550 goats in Mercer County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 655 people run or help run farms in Mercer County, with an average age of 61. 34% of them are women. 36 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.