CANADIAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Canadian County? Backyard growers and small farms around Calumet, Concho and Union City list it here. Watch for local watermelons when it comes into season in Oklahoma. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Canadian County by the Numbers

Canadian County has 1,200 farms on 415,056 acres (about 346 acres each). Together they sold $106.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pecans and plums, and local fields produce tomatoes, chile peppers, cucumbers and okra. Beekeepers tend about 55 honey bee colonies.

88 farms in Canadian County already sell straight to the public, about $372,000 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 Canadian County

Canadian County farms and homesteads keep 76,721 head of cattle, 5,156 egg-laying hens and 2,552 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,091 people run or help run farms in Canadian County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 192 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Canadian County stands out: it ranks #9 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public and #16 of 77 OK counties for number of farms.