HOWELL COUNTY MARKET

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

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

Farming in Howell County by the Numbers

Howell County has 1,392 farms on 363,963 acres (about 261 acres each). Together they sold $70.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, bell peppers, tomatoes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 266 honey bee colonies.

74 farms in Howell County already sell straight to the public, about $105,000 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 Howell County

Howell County farms and homesteads keep 94,425 head of cattle, 77,647 egg-laying hens and 2,143 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,597 people run or help run farms in Howell County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 242 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 Howell County stands out: it ranks #7 of 114 MO counties for number of farms and #7 of 109 MO counties for goats.