MCINTOSH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Checotah, Council Hill and Stidham buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local watermelons when it comes into season in Oklahoma. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in McIntosh County by the Numbers

McIntosh County has 783 farms on 198,440 acres (about 253 acres each). Together they sold $58.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and plums, and local fields produce watermelons, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 59 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in McIntosh County already sell straight to the public, about $99,000 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 McIntosh County

McIntosh County farms and homesteads keep 136,253 egg-laying hens, 46,475 head of cattle and 1,020 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,355 people run or help run farms in McIntosh County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 102 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 McIntosh County stands out: it ranks #8 of 75 OK counties for egg-laying hens.