OREGON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Oregon County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Couch, Koshkonong and and Thayer. 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 Oregon County by the Numbers

Oregon County has 678 farms on 272,656 acres (about 402 acres each). Together they sold $42.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce lettuce, tomatoes, kale and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 41 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Oregon County already sell straight to the public, about $13,000 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 Oregon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 60,271 head of cattle, 23,016 egg-laying hens and 1,701 sheep in Oregon County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,262 people run or help run farms in Oregon County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 158 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 Oregon County stands out: it ranks #21 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens.