NICHOLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Nicholas County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in West Virginia for Belva, Birch River and Dixie. 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 Nicholas County by the Numbers

Nicholas County has 401 farms on 50,144 acres (about 125 acres each). Together they sold $3.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, green beans and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 288 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Nicholas County already sell straight to the public, about $69,000 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 Nicholas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Nicholas County counts 4,517 head of cattle, 1,860 egg-laying hens and 1,039 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 672 people run or help run farms in Nicholas County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 65 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.