MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Montgomery County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bellflower, High Hill and New Florence. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 672 farms on 198,095 acres (about 295 acres each). Together they sold $100.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 72 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $106,000 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 Montgomery County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Montgomery County counts 13,879 head of cattle, 2,731 sheep and 1,148 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,178 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.