BAKER COUNTY MARKET

Baker County, Georgia Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Baker County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Newton and the rest of Baker County. 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 Baker County by the Numbers

Baker County has 106 farms on 113,062 acres (about 1,067 acres each). Together they sold $58.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Baker County

Baker County farms and homesteads keep 6,479 head of cattle, 131 goats and 64 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 192 people run or help run farms in Baker County, with an average age of 62. 30% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.