HARRISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Harrison County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Bethany, Blythedale and Hatfield. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Missouri. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Harrison County by the Numbers

Harrison County has 987 farms on 403,261 acres (about 409 acres each). Together they sold $135.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 206 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Harrison County already sell straight to the public, about $7,000 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 Harrison County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Harrison County counts 27,015 head of cattle, 1,523 egg-laying hens and 1,031 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,816 people run or help run farms in Harrison County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 198 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.