ANDREW COUNTY MARKET

Andrew County, Missouri Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Amazonia, Bolckow and Rea buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Andrew County by the Numbers

Andrew County has 625 farms on 157,750 acres (about 252 acres each). Together they sold $94.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and pears. Beekeepers tend about 86 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Andrew County already sell straight to the public, about $228,000 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 Andrew County

Andrew County farms and homesteads keep 11,939 head of cattle, 910 egg-laying hens and 818 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,071 people run or help run farms in Andrew County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 87 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.