MERCER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Mercer County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Mercer, and Princeton. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mercer County by the Numbers

Mercer County has 461 farms on 207,759 acres (about 451 acres each). Together they sold $94.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 33 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Mercer County already sell straight to the public, about $1,000 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 Mercer County

Mercer County farms and homesteads keep 165,575 hogs, 23,873 head of cattle and 921 egg-laying hens.

About 827 people run or help run farms in Mercer County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.