DALLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dallas County? Backyard growers and small farms around Buffalo, Elkland and Urbana list it here. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dallas County by the Numbers

Dallas County has 1,010 farms on 166,832 acres (about 165 acres each). Together they sold $78.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 122 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Dallas County already sell straight to the public, about $402,000 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 Dallas County

Dallas County farms and homesteads keep 576,076 egg-laying hens, 54,832 head of cattle and 1,746 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,799 people run or help run farms in Dallas County, with an average age of 56. 41% of them are women. 247 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dallas County stands out: it ranks #2 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens and #20 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.