HOLT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Holt County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bigelow, Forest City and and Oregon. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Holt County by the Numbers

Holt County has 416 farms on 220,066 acres (about 529 acres each). Together they sold $186.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and horses.

Local fields produce cucumbers, carrots, cantaloupes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Holt County already sell straight to the public, about $300,000 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 Holt County

Holt County farms and homesteads keep 5,512 head of cattle, 134 goats and 81 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 819 people run or help run farms in Holt County, with an average age of 61. 25% of them are women. 36 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.