DADE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Dade County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Arcola, Dadeville and and South Greenfield. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dade County by the Numbers

Dade County has 703 farms on 313,523 acres (about 446 acres each). Together they sold $144.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 1,238 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Dade County already sell straight to the public, about $182,000 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 Dade County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dade County counts 169,434 turkeys, 83,715 head of cattle and 2,129 goats.

About 1,245 people run or help run farms in Dade County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Dade County stands out: it ranks #1 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies and #2 of 109 MO counties for goats.