PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Pike County? Backyard growers and small farms around Annada, Ashburn and Eolia list it here. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 887 farms on 331,162 acres (about 373 acres each). Together they sold $166.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and sweet cherries, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 61 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $88,000 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 Pike County

Pike County farms and homesteads keep 42,385 hogs, 29,426 head of cattle and 894 egg-laying hens.

About 1,642 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.