MCCLAIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in McClain County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Blanchard, Byars and Washington. 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 McClain County by the Numbers

McClain County has 1,121 farms on 236,168 acres (about 211 acres each). Together they sold $59.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, horses and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, asparagus, tomatoes and onions. Beekeepers tend about 89 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in McClain County already sell straight to the public, about $414,000 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 McClain County

McClain County farms and homesteads keep 37,797 head of cattle, 5,112 egg-laying hens and 3,585 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,994 people run or help run farms in McClain County, with an average age of 56. 42% of them are women. 184 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where McClain County stands out: it ranks #8 of 71 OK counties for selling food straight to the public.