COLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cole County? Backyard growers and small farms around Jefferson City, Centertown and Russellville list it here. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Cole County by the Numbers

Cole County has 927 farms on 143,831 acres (about 155 acres each). Together they sold $39.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 117 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Cole County already sell straight to the public, about $163,000 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 Cole County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cole County counts 64,013 turkeys, 32,257 head of cattle and 1,932 egg-laying hens.

About 1,686 people run or help run farms in Cole County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 174 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.