OSAGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Argyle, Bonnots Mill and Linn buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Osage County by the Numbers

Osage County has 1,089 farms on 323,170 acres (about 297 acres each). Together they sold $112.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce chile peppers, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 29 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Osage County already sell straight to the public, about $225,000 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 Osage County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Osage County counts 573,336 turkeys, 74,185 head of cattle and 16,369 hogs.

About 2,067 people run or help run farms in Osage County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 260 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Osage County stands out: it ranks #20 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.