WAYNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Wayne County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Clubb, Greenville and Mill Spring. Missouri favorites like black walnuts and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Wayne County by the Numbers

Wayne County has 352 farms on 94,567 acres (about 269 acres each). Together they sold $10.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tart cherries, peaches and pears. Beekeepers tend about 25 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Wayne County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Wayne County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 13,545 head of cattle, 1,174 sheep and 808 goats in Wayne County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 592 people run or help run farms in Wayne County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 42 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.