MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Marquand, and Millcreek buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Missouri. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 331 farms on 96,231 acres (about 291 acres each). Together they sold $22.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Madison County

Madison County farms and homesteads keep 19,595 head of cattle, 765 egg-laying hens and 343 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 598 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.