DEWEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Dewey County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Oklahoma for Camargo, Eagle City and Taloga. 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 Dewey County by the Numbers

Dewey County has 645 farms on 639,201 acres (about 991 acres each). Together they sold $40.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 50 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Dewey County already sell straight to the public, about $57,000 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 Dewey County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dewey County counts 42,513 head of cattle, 643 egg-laying hens and 441 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,181 people run or help run farms in Dewey County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 149 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.