COVINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Covington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Alabama for Andalusia, Dozier and Red Level. Watch for local sweet potatoes when it comes into season in Alabama. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Covington County by the Numbers

Covington County has 809 farms on 165,318 acres (about 204 acres each). Together they sold $196.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, watermelons and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 532 honey bee colonies.

28 farms in Covington County already sell straight to the public, about $124,000 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 Covington County

Covington County farms and homesteads keep 442,770 egg-laying hens, 23,782 head of cattle and 726 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,327 people run or help run farms in Covington County, with an average age of 63. 38% of them are women. 40 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Covington County stands out: it ranks #3 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens and #10 of 63 AL counties for honey bee colonies.