WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Missouri for Belgrade, Cadet and Mineral Point. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 372 farms on 87,234 acres (about 235 acres each). Together they sold $6.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $295,000 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 Washington County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,551 head of cattle, 1,383 egg-laying hens and 411 horses and ponies in Washington County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 669 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 41 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.