SHELBY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Shelby County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bethel, Clarence and Leonard list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Shelby County by the Numbers

Shelby County has 576 farms on 254,810 acres (about 442 acres each). Together they sold $198.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, hogs and corn.

Local fields produce tomatoes.

7 farms in Shelby County already sell straight to the public, about $6,000 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 Shelby County

Shelby County farms and homesteads keep 166,844 hogs, 15,485 head of cattle and 1,190 sheep.

About 1,016 people run or help run farms in Shelby County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.