PETTIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Pettis County? Backyard growers and small farms around Green Ridge, Houstonia and Sedalia list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Missouri. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pettis County by the Numbers

Pettis County has 1,066 farms on 360,253 acres (about 338 acres each). Together they sold $362.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts and apples, and local fields produce onions and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 137 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Pettis County already sell straight to the public, about $160,000 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 Pettis County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pettis County counts 626,070 egg-laying hens, 129,588 hogs and 89,021 turkeys. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,954 people run or help run farms in Pettis County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 209 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 Pettis County stands out: it ranks #1 of 103 MO counties for egg-laying hens and #6 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales.