OSAGE COUNTY MARKET

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

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

Farming in Osage County by the Numbers

Osage County has 1,236 farms on 1,318,462 acres (about 1,067 acres each). Together they sold $103.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and chestnuts, and local fields produce squash, tomatoes, chile peppers and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 284 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Osage County already sell straight to the public, about $124,000 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 Osage County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 150,658 head of cattle, 4,519 horses and ponies and 4,368 egg-laying hens in Osage County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,216 people run or help run farms in Osage County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 222 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Osage County stands out: it ranks #10 of 64 OK counties for honey bee colonies and #14 of 77 OK counties for number of farms.