SCOTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Benton, Blodgett and Morley buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Scott County by the Numbers

Scott County has 389 farms on 213,397 acres (about 549 acres each). Together they sold $225.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 279 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Scott County already sell straight to the public, about $17,000 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 Scott County

Scott County farms and homesteads keep 4,060 head of cattle, 155 sheep and 149 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 717 people run or help run farms in Scott County, with an average age of 57. 26% of them are women. 102 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Scott County stands out: it ranks #12 of 109 MO counties for honey bee colonies and #17 of 114 MO counties for total farm sales.