HICKORY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Hickory County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cross Timbers, Flemington and Quincy list it here. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hickory County by the Numbers

Hickory County has 466 farms on 177,802 acres (about 382 acres each). Together they sold $34.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and soybeans.

Local fields produce pumpkins, watermelons, squash and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 159 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Hickory County already sell straight to the public, about $319,000 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 Hickory County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 41,150 head of cattle, 12,049 egg-laying hens and 920 goats in Hickory County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 878 people run or help run farms in Hickory County, with an average age of 56. 41% of them are women. 133 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.