CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Clay County? Backyard growers and small farms around Kansas City, Randolph and Kearney list it here. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 523 farms on 86,064 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $53.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 92 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $685,000 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 Clay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Clay County counts 17,688 head of cattle, 1,843 egg-laying hens and 1,077 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 901 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 72 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clay County stands out: it ranks #10 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.