MAYES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Adair, Chouteau and Salina buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Oklahoma favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Mayes County by the Numbers

Mayes County has 1,347 farms on 275,145 acres (about 204 acres each). Together they sold $144.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and apricots. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Mayes County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 million 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 Mayes County

Mayes County farms and homesteads keep 136,948 egg-laying hens, 71,377 head of cattle and 2,498 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,379 people run or help run farms in Mayes County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 201 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mayes County stands out: it ranks #2 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public and #6 of 75 OK counties for egg-laying hens.