GARVIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Lindsay, Maysville and and Wynnewood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Oklahoma favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Garvin County by the Numbers

Garvin County has 1,403 farms on 428,025 acres (about 305 acres each). Together they sold $54.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and nectarines, and local fields produce potatoes, bell peppers, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 28 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Garvin County already sell straight to the public, about $115,000 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 Garvin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Garvin County counts 63,985 head of cattle, 6,778 egg-laying hens and 3,579 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,433 people run or help run farms in Garvin County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 242 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Garvin County stands out: it ranks #9 of 77 OK counties for number of farms.