MONITEAU COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Moniteau County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in California, Clarksburg and and Tipton. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Moniteau County by the Numbers

Moniteau County has 918 farms on 189,462 acres (about 206 acres each). Together they sold $170.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Local fields produce watermelons, pumpkins, cantaloupes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 51 honey bee colonies.

40 farms in Moniteau County already sell straight to the public, about $371,000 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 Moniteau County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 503,028 turkeys, 55,134 head of cattle and 40,449 egg-laying hens in Moniteau County.

About 1,577 people run or help run farms in Moniteau County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 199 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Moniteau County stands out: it ranks #20 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.