CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Clay County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alabama for Ashland, Cragford and and Millerville. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Alabama. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 434 farms on 86,388 acres (about 199 acres each). Together they sold $183 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, okra, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 270 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $473,000 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 Clay County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Clay County counts 356,274 egg-laying hens, 21,064 head of cattle and 404 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 731 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 83 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Clay County stands out: it ranks #6 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens and #8 of 65 AL counties for selling food straight to the public.