LAFAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lafayette County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Day, and Mayo. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Lafayette County by the Numbers

Lafayette County has 250 farms on 105,429 acres (about 422 acres each). Together they sold $153.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, pecans and tangerines, and local fields produce bell peppers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 3,276 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Lafayette County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Lafayette County

Lafayette County farms and homesteads keep 104,504 egg-laying hens, 17,387 head of cattle and 755 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 447 people run or help run farms in Lafayette County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 20 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.

Where Lafayette County stands out: it ranks #3 of 55 FL counties for egg-laying hens.