LIVINGSTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Livingston County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Chillicothe, Chula and Utica. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Livingston County by the Numbers

Livingston County has 785 farms on 286,858 acres (about 365 acres each). Together they sold $138.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Livingston County already sell straight to the public, about $144,000 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 Livingston County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Livingston County counts 30,031 hogs, 11,043 head of cattle and 1,955 sheep.

About 1,316 people run or help run farms in Livingston County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 128 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.