PONTOTOC COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pontotoc County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Ada, Allen and Harden City. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Oklahoma. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Pontotoc County by the Numbers

Pontotoc County has 1,159 farms on 349,662 acres (about 302 acres each). Together they sold $28.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 210 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Pontotoc County already sell straight to the public, about $182,000 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 Pontotoc County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 46,008 head of cattle, 3,079 egg-laying hens and 2,856 goats in Pontotoc County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,128 people run or help run farms in Pontotoc County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 204 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pontotoc County stands out: it ranks #4 of 77 OK counties for goats.