MARIES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Maries County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belle, Brinktown and and Vienna. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Missouri. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Maries County by the Numbers

Maries County has 736 farms on 216,335 acres (about 294 acres each). Together they sold $47.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hogs and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce asparagus. Beekeepers tend about 35 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Maries County already sell straight to the public, about $136,000 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 Maries County

Maries County farms and homesteads keep 51,504 head of cattle, 29,646 hogs and 2,603 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,316 people run or help run farms in Maries County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 164 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.