BUTLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Butler County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Broseley, Fagus and Poplar Bluff. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Butler County by the Numbers

Butler County has 451 farms on 250,359 acres (about 555 acres each). Together they sold $163.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, rice and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 216 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Butler County already sell straight to the public, about $45,000 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 Butler County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,867 head of cattle, 727 egg-laying hens and 442 goats in Butler County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 759 people run or help run farms in Butler County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 60 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.