DODGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Chauncey, Chester and and Rhine buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Georgia favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dodge County by the Numbers

Dodge County has 395 farms on 84,570 acres (about 214 acres each). Together they sold $22.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, turnip greens and turnips. Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Dodge County already sell straight to the public, about $31,000 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 Dodge County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dodge County counts 6,905 head of cattle, 1,547 egg-laying hens and 1,387 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 627 people run or help run farms in Dodge County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 50 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dodge County stands out: it ranks #2 of 149 GA counties for goats and #25 of 159 GA counties for number of farms.