CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Burfordville, Cape Girardeau and Millersville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn 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 Cape Girardeau County by the Numbers

Cape Girardeau County has 994 farms on 255,019 acres (about 257 acres each). Together they sold $123.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 269 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Cape Girardeau County already sell straight to the public, about $198,000 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 Cape Girardeau County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cape Girardeau County counts 34,352 head of cattle, 2,468 egg-laying hens and 903 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,724 people run or help run farms in Cape Girardeau County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 98 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cape Girardeau County stands out: it ranks #15 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies.