BUCHANAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Saint Joseph to and Rushville, Buchanan County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Buchanan County by the Numbers

Buchanan County has 619 farms on 140,427 acres (about 227 acres each). Together they sold $73.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, radishes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 41 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Buchanan County already sell straight to the public, about $122,000 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 Buchanan County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Buchanan County counts 8,226 head of cattle, 734 egg-laying hens and 512 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,102 people run or help run farms in Buchanan County, with an average age of 62. 35% of them are women. 55 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.