PHELPS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Phelps County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Beulah, Edgar Springs and and Saint James. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Phelps County by the Numbers

Phelps County has 748 farms on 174,422 acres (about 233 acres each). Together they sold $16.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pecans and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans and onions. Beekeepers tend about 59 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Phelps County already sell straight to the public, about $78,000 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 Phelps County

Phelps County farms and homesteads keep 30,589 head of cattle, 2,677 egg-laying hens and 1,701 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,390 people run or help run farms in Phelps County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.