BATES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Bates County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adrian, Amoret and Rich Hill. Watch for local peaches 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 Bates County by the Numbers

Bates County has 1,014 farms on 426,962 acres (about 421 acres each). Together they sold $179.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce squash, watermelons, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 171 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Bates County already sell straight to the public, about $325,000 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 Bates County

Bates County farms and homesteads keep 78,509 head of cattle, 41,531 hogs and 1,987 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,781 people run or help run farms in Bates County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 149 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.