JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Centerview, Chilhowee and Leeton buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 1,526 farms on 415,874 acres (about 273 acres each). Together they sold $234.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelons and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 239 honey bee colonies.

72 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 million 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 Johnson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Johnson County counts 78,059 head of cattle, 6,217 hogs and 1,764 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,846 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 391 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #5 of 114 MO counties for number of farms and #5 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.