LAWRENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lawrence County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Halltown, Jenkins and Mount Vernon. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lawrence County by the Numbers

Lawrence County has 1,599 farms on 312,640 acres (about 196 acres each). Together they sold $254.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and grapes, and local fields produce squash, green beans, watermelons and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 238 honey bee colonies.

59 farms in Lawrence County already sell straight to the public, about $1 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 Lawrence County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,095,560 turkeys, 330,351 egg-laying hens and 116,862 head of cattle in Lawrence County.

About 2,850 people run or help run farms in Lawrence County, with an average age of 56. 39% of them are women. 389 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 Lawrence County stands out: it ranks #4 of 114 MO counties for number of farms and #5 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.