DALE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Dale County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ariton, Daleville and Pinckard list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dale County by the Numbers

Dale County has 421 farms on 118,588 acres (about 282 acres each). Together they sold $319.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and pears, and local fields produce watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 274 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Dale County already sell straight to the public, about $106,000 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 Dale County

Dale County farms and homesteads keep 205,153 egg-laying hens, 12,154 head of cattle and 620 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 722 people run or help run farms in Dale County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Dale County stands out: it ranks #8 of 67 AL counties for total farm sales and #9 of 57 AL counties for egg-laying hens.