TANEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bradleyville, Cedarcreek and Kissee Mills buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Taney County by the Numbers

Taney County has 438 farms on 100,205 acres (about 229 acres each). Together they sold $23.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Local fields produce tomatoes, green onions, cucumbers and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Taney County already sell straight to the public, about $75,000 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 Taney County

Taney County farms and homesteads keep 13,220 head of cattle, 1,352 egg-laying hens and 349 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 850 people run or help run farms in Taney County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 87 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.