WARREN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Warren County? Backyard growers and small farms around Lake Sherwood, Warrenton and and Wright City list it here. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Warren County by the Numbers

Warren County has 534 farms on 115,250 acres (about 216 acres each). Together they sold $47.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cattle.

Local fields produce pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 165 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Warren County already sell straight to the public, about $428,000 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 Warren County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Warren County counts 7,876 head of cattle, 1,555 egg-laying hens and 611 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,020 people run or help run farms in Warren County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 95 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Warren County stands out: it ranks #16 of 106 MO counties for selling food straight to the public.