GRANT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Grant County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Deer Creek, Lamont and Pond Creek. Watch for local peaches 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 Grant County by the Numbers

Grant County has 712 farms on 638,123 acres (about 896 acres each). Together they sold $112.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, cattle and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 16 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Grant County already sell straight to the public, about $231,000 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 Grant County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Grant County counts 43,465 head of cattle, 873 egg-laying hens and 336 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,363 people run or help run farms in Grant County, with an average age of 58. 33% of them are women. 160 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.