WRIGHT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wright County? Backyard growers and small farms around Graff, Grovespring and Mountain Grove list it here. Missouri favorites like peaches and apples 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 Wright County by the Numbers

Wright County has 1,123 farms on 292,986 acres (about 261 acres each). Together they sold $53 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and walnuts, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, potatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 113 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Wright County already sell straight to the public, about $324,000 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 Wright County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Wright County counts 75,793 head of cattle, 54,442 egg-laying hens and 3,286 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,005 people run or help run farms in Wright County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 209 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wright County stands out: it ranks #6 of 109 MO counties for goats and #18 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.