OKMULGEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Okmulgee County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Beggs, Dewar and Okmulgee. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Okmulgee County by the Numbers

Okmulgee County has 1,190 farms on 325,481 acres (about 274 acres each). Together they sold $39.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, poultry & eggs and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and apples. Beekeepers tend about 527 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Okmulgee County already sell straight to the public, about $64,000 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 Okmulgee County

Okmulgee County farms and homesteads keep 55,920 head of cattle, 2,017 horses and ponies and 1,604 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,011 people run or help run farms in Okmulgee County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 121 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Okmulgee County stands out: it ranks #8 of 64 OK counties for honey bee colonies.