DOUGLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ava, Drury and and Vanzant buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Douglas County by the Numbers

Douglas County has 1,018 farms on 336,408 acres (about 330 acres each). Together they sold $40.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pears and apples, and local fields produce garlic. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Douglas County already sell straight to the public, about $53,000 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 Douglas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Douglas County counts 74,595 head of cattle, 2,266 egg-laying hens and 1,141 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,839 people run or help run farms in Douglas County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 199 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.