MACON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Anabel to Ethel, Macon County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Macon County by the Numbers

Macon County has 1,258 farms on 432,256 acres (about 344 acres each). Together they sold $157.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and plums, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 152 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Macon County already sell straight to the public, about $131,000 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 Macon County

Macon County farms and homesteads keep 44,945 head of cattle, 28,119 hogs and 2,455 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,282 people run or help run farms in Macon County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 185 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Macon County stands out: it ranks #13 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.