ATCHISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fairfax, Rock Port and and Westboro buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Atchison County by the Numbers

Atchison County has 430 farms on 273,607 acres (about 636 acres each). Together they sold $232.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 7 honey bee colonies.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Atchison County

Atchison County farms and homesteads keep 5,280 head of cattle, 191 egg-laying hens and 159 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 809 people run or help run farms in Atchison County, with an average age of 60. 26% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Atchison County stands out: it ranks #15 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales.