JASPER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Jasper County? Backyard growers and small farms around Joplin, Alba and Carterville list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jasper County by the Numbers

Jasper County has 1,174 farms on 270,662 acres (about 231 acres each). Together they sold $117 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 195 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Jasper County already sell straight to the public, about $205,000 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 Jasper County

Jasper County farms and homesteads keep 284,808 turkeys, 59,853 head of cattle and 3,032 egg-laying hens.

About 2,045 people run or help run farms in Jasper County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 223 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.

Where Jasper County stands out: it ranks #14 of 109 MO counties for goats and #16 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.