AUTAUGA COUNTY MARKET

Autauga County, Alabama Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Autauga County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Prattville, Autaugaville and and Marbury. Alabama favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Autauga County by the Numbers

Autauga County has 353 farms on 104,722 acres (about 297 acres each). Together they sold $39.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cotton and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and chestnuts, and local fields produce watermelons, squash, sweet corn and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 258 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Autauga County already sell straight to the public, about $83,000 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 Autauga County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,847 head of cattle, 959 egg-laying hens and 688 goats in Autauga County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 542 people run or help run farms in Autauga County, with an average age of 55. 30% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.