MECOSTA COUNTY MARKET

Mecosta County, Michigan Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Barryton to Remus, Mecosta County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Michigan. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mecosta County by the Numbers

Mecosta County has 682 farms on 113,732 acres (about 167 acres each). Together they sold $269.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and plums, and local fields produce squash, pumpkins, sweet corn and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 79 honey bee colonies.

65 farms in Mecosta County already sell straight to the public, about $468,000 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 Mecosta County

Mecosta County farms and homesteads keep 132,269 hogs, 10,856 head of cattle and 6,267 egg-laying hens.

About 1,184 people run or help run farms in Mecosta County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mecosta County stands out: it ranks #15 of 76 MI counties for egg-laying hens and #17 of 81 MI counties for total farm sales.