PULASKI COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Pulaski County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Crocker, Devils Elbow and Laquey. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pulaski County by the Numbers

Pulaski County has 423 farms on 117,115 acres (about 277 acres each). Together they sold $24.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 16 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Pulaski County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Pulaski County

Pulaski County farms and homesteads keep 30,090 hogs, 17,078 head of cattle and 1,129 egg-laying hens.

About 768 people run or help run farms in Pulaski County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 65 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.