MILLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Miller County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Brumley, Eldon and Saint Elizabeth. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Missouri. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Miller County by the Numbers

Miller County has 874 farms on 242,451 acres (about 277 acres each). Together they sold $155.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 55 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Miller County already sell straight to the public, about $138,000 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 Miller County

Miller County farms and homesteads keep 548,776 turkeys, 101,720 hogs and 63,096 head of cattle.

About 1,552 people run or help run farms in Miller County, with an average age of 55. 37% of them are women. 199 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.