JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Jefferson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Antonia, Arnold and De Soto. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 656 farms on 106,429 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $23.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 173 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $148,000 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 Jefferson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jefferson County counts 11,106 head of cattle, 3,869 egg-laying hens and 720 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,226 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 82 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.