LOVE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Burneyville to and Thackerville, Love County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Oklahoma. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Love County by the Numbers

Love County has 571 farms on 172,073 acres (about 301 acres each). Together they sold $25.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples, and local fields produce watermelons and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 118 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Love County already sell straight to the public, about $157,000 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 Love County

Love County farms and homesteads keep 23,023 head of cattle, 6,208 goats and 2,221 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 995 people run or help run farms in Love County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 112 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Love County stands out: it ranks #1 of 77 OK counties for goats.