COAL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Coal County? Backyard growers and small farms around Centrahoma, Clarita and and Tupelo list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Coal County by the Numbers

Coal County has 513 farms on 283,278 acres (about 552 acres each). Together they sold $33.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, poultry & eggs and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons and okra. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Coal County already sell straight to the public, about $12,000 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 Coal County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Coal County counts 35,636 head of cattle, 6,274 egg-laying hens and 3,049 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 854 people run or help run farms in Coal County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 88 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.