SULLIVAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Sullivan County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Green Castle, Green City and Newtown. Watch for local black walnuts when it comes into season in Missouri. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sullivan County by the Numbers

Sullivan County has 642 farms on 318,779 acres (about 497 acres each). Together they sold $183.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by hogs, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 40 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Sullivan County already sell straight to the public. 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 Sullivan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 231,284 hogs, 36,999 head of cattle and 426 egg-laying hens in Sullivan County.

About 1,080 people run or help run farms in Sullivan County, with an average age of 61. 36% of them are women. 62 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.