LACLEDE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Laclede County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Conway, Eldridge and and Phillipsburg. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Laclede County by the Numbers

Laclede County has 1,194 farms on 307,082 acres (about 257 acres each). Together they sold $62.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and pawpaws, and local fields produce cantaloupes, tomatoes, green beans and onions. Beekeepers tend about 157 honey bee colonies.

46 farms in Laclede County already sell straight to the public, about $661,000 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 Laclede County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Laclede County counts 80,548 head of cattle, 22,768 egg-laying hens and 3,793 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,153 people run or help run farms in Laclede County, with an average age of 56. 41% of them are women. 260 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Laclede County stands out: it ranks #9 of 109 MO counties for goats and #12 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.