CALDWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Braymer to Kingston, Caldwell County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local black walnuts 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 Caldwell County by the Numbers

Caldwell County has 866 farms on 218,258 acres (about 252 acres each). Together they sold $84.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 154 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Caldwell County already sell straight to the public, about $51,000 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 Caldwell County

Caldwell County farms and homesteads keep 23,718 head of cattle, 2,074 egg-laying hens and 1,146 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,535 people run or help run farms in Caldwell County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 99 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.