SEQUOYAH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Gans, Gore and Roland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Sequoyah County by the Numbers

Sequoyah County has 1,079 farms on 217,226 acres (about 201 acres each). Together they sold $67.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pecans and walnuts, and local fields produce potatoes, mustard greens, squash and okra. Beekeepers tend about 247 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Sequoyah County already sell straight to the public, about $125,000 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 Sequoyah County

Sequoyah County farms and homesteads keep 140,682 egg-laying hens, 39,856 head of cattle and 1,591 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,834 people run or help run farms in Sequoyah County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 177 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sequoyah County stands out: it ranks #5 of 75 OK counties for egg-laying hens and #12 of 64 OK counties for honey bee colonies.