DELAWARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Delaware County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bernice, Colcord and Jay. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Delaware County by the Numbers

Delaware County has 1,228 farms on 287,789 acres (about 234 acres each). Together they sold $508.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Delaware County already sell straight to the public, about $43,000 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 Delaware County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 664,154 egg-laying hens, 89,857 head of cattle and 1,380 goats in Delaware County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,190 people run or help run farms in Delaware County, with an average age of 56. 40% of them are women. 265 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Delaware County stands out: it ranks #1 of 75 OK counties for egg-laying hens and #2 of 77 OK counties for total farm sales.