CHOCTAW COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Boswell, Fort Towson and Soper buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local watermelons when it comes into season in Oklahoma. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Choctaw County by the Numbers

Choctaw County has 798 farms on 280,649 acres (about 352 acres each). Together they sold $43.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, potatoes, green peas and turnip greens. Beekeepers tend about 46 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Choctaw County already sell straight to the public, about $63,000 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 Choctaw County

Choctaw County farms and homesteads keep 63,112 head of cattle, 1,797 egg-laying hens and 1,397 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,364 people run or help run farms in Choctaw County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 114 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.