CEDAR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cedar County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in El Dorado Spring, Jerico Springs and and Stockton. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cedar County by the Numbers

Cedar County has 782 farms on 223,426 acres (about 286 acres each). Together they sold $64 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 220 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Cedar County already sell straight to the public, about $154,000 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 Cedar County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 284,714 egg-laying hens, 67,686 head of cattle and 1,592 hogs in Cedar County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,435 people run or help run farms in Cedar County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 186 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.

Where Cedar County stands out: it ranks #7 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens and #13 of 109 MO counties for goats.