MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Hannibal to and Taylor, Marion County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 553 farms on 193,536 acres (about 350 acres each). Together they sold $135.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow plums, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $55,000 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 Marion County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 31,200 hogs, 14,709 head of cattle and 1,084 egg-laying hens in Marion County.

About 977 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 90 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.