JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Jefferson County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Addington, Grady and and Waurika. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 356 farms on 484,918 acres (about 1,362 acres each). Together they sold $77.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 17 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public. 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 78,668 head of cattle, 4,188 horses and ponies and 563 goats in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 654 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.