BRYAN COUNTY MARKET

Bryan County, Oklahoma Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Bryan County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Achille, Albany and Calera. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bryan County by the Numbers

Bryan County has 1,328 farms on 468,567 acres (about 353 acres each). Together they sold $70 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, onions and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 136 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Bryan County already sell straight to the public, about $270,000 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 Bryan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 79,360 head of cattle, 3,732 egg-laying hens and 1,404 horses and ponies in Bryan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,339 people run or help run farms in Bryan County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 208 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bryan County stands out: it ranks #12 of 77 OK counties for number of farms and #14 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public.