POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pottawatomie County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Asher, Earlsboro and Saint Louis. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Oklahoma. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pottawatomie County by the Numbers

Pottawatomie County has 1,553 farms on 292,441 acres (about 188 acres each). Together they sold $33.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, horses and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 234 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Pottawatomie County already sell straight to the public, about $311,000 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 Pottawatomie County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 43,367 head of cattle, 7,719 egg-laying hens and 2,419 hogs in Pottawatomie County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,808 people run or help run farms in Pottawatomie County, with an average age of 56. 41% of them are women. 268 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pottawatomie County stands out: it ranks #6 of 77 OK counties for number of farms and #8 of 77 OK counties for goats.