CASS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Archie to East Lynne, Cass County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cass County by the Numbers

Cass County has 1,314 farms on 301,581 acres (about 230 acres each). Together they sold $140.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, bell peppers, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 528 honey bee colonies.

73 farms in Cass County already sell straight to the public, about $508,000 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 Cass County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 35,225 head of cattle, 30,164 hogs and 4,584 egg-laying hens in Cass County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,244 people run or help run farms in Cass County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 160 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cass County stands out: it ranks #7 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies and #9 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.