NODAWAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barnard, Burlington Junct and Conception Junct buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Missouri. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Nodaway County by the Numbers

Nodaway County has 1,034 farms on 380,179 acres (about 368 acres each). Together they sold $223 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 57 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Nodaway County already sell straight to the public, about $166,000 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 Nodaway County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 37,833 head of cattle, 3,880 egg-laying hens and 2,983 sheep in Nodaway County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,755 people run or help run farms in Nodaway County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 182 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.

Where Nodaway County stands out: it ranks #5 of 109 MO counties for goats and #18 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales.