PERRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Perry County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Frohna, New Wells and and Uniontown. Missouri favorites like black walnuts and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Perry County by the Numbers

Perry County has 736 farms on 193,440 acres (about 263 acres each). Together they sold $117.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 69 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Perry County already sell straight to the public, about $152,000 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 Perry County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 36,968 head of cattle, 1,182 egg-laying hens and 988 sheep in Perry County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,340 people run or help run farms in Perry County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 119 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.