JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jackson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Altus, Blair and Headrick. Oklahoma favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 638 farms on 478,234 acres (about 750 acres each). Together they sold $53.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, cattle and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 597 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Jackson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jackson County counts 25,554 head of cattle, 1,226 sheep and 987 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,211 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jackson County stands out: it ranks #6 of 64 OK counties for honey bee colonies.