IRON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Iron County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Annapolis, Arcadia and Iron Mountain. 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 Iron County by the Numbers

Iron County has 273 farms on 84,993 acres (about 311 acres each). Together they sold $4.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow persimmons, pears and apples, and local fields produce asparagus, eggplant, carrots and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Iron County already sell straight to the public, about $15,000 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 Iron County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Iron County counts 11,685 head of cattle, 1,478 egg-laying hens and 229 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 465 people run or help run farms in Iron County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.