HENRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Henry County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Blairstown, Calhoun and Urich. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Henry County by the Numbers

Henry County has 811 farms on 362,617 acres (about 447 acres each). Together they sold $139.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 711 honey bee colonies.

36 farms in Henry County already sell straight to the public, about $63,000 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 Henry County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Henry County counts 73,599 head of cattle, 52,183 hogs and 6,202 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,370 people run or help run farms in Henry County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Henry County stands out: it ranks #3 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies.