DIXIE COUNTY MARKET

Dixie County, Florida Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Dixie County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cross City, Horseshoe Beach and and Suwannee. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Florida. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Dixie County by the Numbers

Dixie County has 154 farms on 51,720 acres (about 336 acres each). Together they sold $10.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and sheep & goats.

Local fields produce sweet corn and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 81 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Dixie County already sell straight to the public, about $55,000 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 Dixie County

Dixie County farms and homesteads keep 3,841 head of cattle, 305 goats and 94 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 290 people run or help run farms in Dixie County, with an average age of 61. 44% of them are women. 7 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.