KNOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Knox County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Baring, Edina and Novelty. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Knox County by the Numbers

Knox County has 539 farms on 224,997 acres (about 417 acres each). Together they sold $145.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 25 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Knox County already sell straight to the public, about $117,000 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 Knox County

Knox County farms and homesteads keep 89,913 egg-laying hens, 45,453 hogs and 36,097 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 963 people run or help run farms in Knox County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 86 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Knox County stands out: it ranks #14 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.