AUDRAIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Audrain County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Benton City, Farber and Rush Hill. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Missouri. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Audrain County by the Numbers

Audrain County has 764 farms on 329,649 acres (about 431 acres each). Together they sold $298.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins, cantaloupes, watermelons and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 94 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Audrain County already sell straight to the public, about $334,000 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 Audrain County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Audrain County counts 185,693 egg-laying hens, 117,374 hogs and 29,363 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,359 people run or help run farms in Audrain County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Audrain County stands out: it ranks #7 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales and #12 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.