LAFAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Lafayette County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alma, Bates City and Higginsville 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 Lafayette County by the Numbers

Lafayette County has 1,079 farms on 286,192 acres (about 265 acres each). Together they sold $230.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, walnuts and pears, and local fields produce cucumbers, pumpkins, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 533 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Lafayette County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Lafayette County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Lafayette County counts 36,236 hogs, 30,860 head of cattle and 2,161 egg-laying hens.

About 1,929 people run or help run farms in Lafayette County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 177 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lafayette County stands out: it ranks #6 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies and #7 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.