BARTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Barton County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Golden City, Iantha and and Mindenmines. 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 Barton County by the Numbers

Barton County has 782 farms on 365,241 acres (about 467 acres each). Together they sold $188.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, soybeans and cattle.

Local fields produce sweet corn, cantaloupes, pumpkins and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 164 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Barton County already sell straight to the public, about $614,000 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 Barton County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Barton County counts 165,744 hogs, 112,012 turkeys and 61,329 head of cattle.

About 1,382 people run or help run farms in Barton County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 187 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Barton County stands out: it ranks #13 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.