Marengo

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

🌽 Marengo County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Demopolis, Dixons Mills and Magnolia. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Marengo County by the Numbers

Marengo County has 434 farms on 197,555 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $27.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, figs and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 61 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Marengo County already sell straight to the public, about $38,000 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 Marengo County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 27,945 head of cattle, 1,966 egg-laying hens and 294 goats in Marengo County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 692 people run or help run farms in Marengo County, with an average age of 61. 29% of them are women. 55 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.