RAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Ray County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Camden, Hardin and Rayville. Missouri favorites like apples and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Ray County by the Numbers

Ray County has 958 farms on 259,143 acres (about 271 acres each). Together they sold $117.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, potatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 107 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Ray County already sell straight to the public, about $139,000 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 Ray County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,845 head of cattle, 1,972 egg-laying hens and 1,098 sheep in Ray County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,658 people run or help run farms in Ray County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 146 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.