LINN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Linn County? Backyard growers and small farms around Brookfield, Browning and Marceline list it here. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Linn County by the Numbers

Linn County has 957 farms on 326,008 acres (about 341 acres each). Together they sold $120.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 37 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Linn County already sell straight to the public, about $107,000 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 Linn County

Linn County farms and homesteads keep 48,947 head of cattle, 1,958 sheep and 1,031 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,651 people run or help run farms in Linn County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 146 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.