GASCONADE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Gasconade County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bay, Bland and and Rosebud list it here. 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 Gasconade County by the Numbers

Gasconade County has 727 farms on 192,365 acres (about 265 acres each). Together they sold $31.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, garlic and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 250 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Gasconade County already sell straight to the public, about $5 million 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 Gasconade County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Gasconade County counts 37,564 head of cattle, 1,535 egg-laying hens and 502 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,362 people run or help run farms in Gasconade County, with an average age of 57. 36% of them are women. 145 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gasconade County stands out: it ranks #1 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public and #17 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies.