STEPHENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Stephens County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Comanche, Duncan and and Marlow. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Stephens County by the Numbers

Stephens County has 1,098 farms on 436,745 acres (about 398 acres each). Together they sold $49.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn and okra. Beekeepers tend about 27 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Stephens County already sell straight to the public, about $189,000 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 Stephens County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Stephens County counts 61,635 head of cattle, 3,298 egg-laying hens and 1,573 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,897 people run or help run farms in Stephens County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 98 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.