DECATUR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Decatur County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Attapulgus, Bainbridge and and Fowlstown. 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 Decatur County by the Numbers

Decatur County has 326 farms on 180,755 acres (about 554 acres each). Together they sold $220.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and tangerines, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons and squash. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Decatur 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 Decatur County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,555 head of cattle, 258 horses and ponies and 249 hogs in Decatur County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 532 people run or help run farms in Decatur County, with an average age of 63. 31% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Decatur County stands out: it ranks #15 of 156 GA counties for total farm sales.