ELLIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fargo, Gage and and Shattuck buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Ellis County by the Numbers

Ellis County has 712 farms on 784,859 acres (about 1,102 acres each). Together they sold $138.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hogs and wheat.

5 farms in Ellis County already sell straight to the public, about $5,000 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 Ellis County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 114,817 hogs, 63,017 head of cattle and 900 egg-laying hens in Ellis County.

About 1,315 people run or help run farms in Ellis County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 127 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ellis County stands out: it ranks #16 of 77 OK counties for total farm sales.