MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Morgan County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Barnett, Florence and Syracuse. Watch for local black walnuts when it comes into season in Missouri. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 871 farms on 213,322 acres (about 245 acres each). Together they sold $408.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 93 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $213,000 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 Morgan County

Morgan County farms and homesteads keep 1,030,016 turkeys, 452,701 egg-laying hens and 87,438 hogs.

About 1,478 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 52. 36% of them are women. 279 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #3 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales and #4 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.