GRADY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Grady County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alex, Amber and Ninnekah. Watch for local watermelons when it comes into season in Oklahoma. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Grady County by the Numbers

Grady County has 1,567 farms on 693,892 acres (about 443 acres each). Together they sold $199.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow sweet cherries, plums and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, cantaloupes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 74 honey bee colonies.

109 farms in Grady County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 million 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 Grady County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 128,974 head of cattle, 20,890 hogs and 4,931 egg-laying hens in Grady County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,766 people run or help run farms in Grady County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 249 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grady County stands out: it ranks #1 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public and #5 of 77 OK counties for number of farms.