WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Washington County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bartlesville, Copan and and Ramona. 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 Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 652 farms on 188,139 acres (about 289 acres each). Together they sold $33.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 23 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $198,000 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 Washington County

Washington County farms and homesteads keep 26,312 head of cattle, 2,337 egg-laying hens and 1,102 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,135 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 123 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.