MAJOR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Major County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ames, Chester and Orienta list it here. Oklahoma favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Major County by the Numbers

Major County has 734 farms on 502,186 acres (about 684 acres each). Together they sold $146.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by wheat, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes. Beekeepers tend about 81 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Major County already sell straight to the public, about $241,000 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 Major County

Major County farms and homesteads keep 77,271 head of cattle, 1,731 sheep and 1,140 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,285 people run or help run farms in Major County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 133 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Major County stands out: it ranks #14 of 77 OK counties for total farm sales.