DAVIESS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Daviess County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Altamont, Coffey and Pattonsburg. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Missouri. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Daviess County by the Numbers

Daviess County has 976 farms on 320,474 acres (about 328 acres each). Together they sold $180.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, hogs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, cantaloupes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 579 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Daviess County already sell straight to the public, about $392,000 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 Daviess County

Daviess County farms and homesteads keep 130,983 hogs, 79,203 egg-laying hens and 16,180 head of cattle.

About 1,769 people run or help run farms in Daviess County, with an average age of 58. 32% of them are women. 193 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Daviess County stands out: it ranks #5 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies and #16 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.