MORGAN COUNTY MARKET

Morgan County, West Virginia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Morgan County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Great Cacapon, and Hancock. West Virginia favorites like maple syrup and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Morgan County by the Numbers

Morgan County has 294 farms on 22,487 acres (about 76 acres each). Together they sold $4.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 353 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Morgan County already sell straight to the public, about $163,000 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 Morgan County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,645 head of cattle, 1,505 egg-laying hens and 455 horses and ponies in Morgan County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 496 people run or help run farms in Morgan County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Morgan County stands out: it ranks #10 of 50 WV counties for honey bee colonies and #11 of 51 WV counties for selling food straight to the public.