ECHOLS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Echols County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Statenville and the rest of Echols County. Georgia favorites like Vidalia onions and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Echols County by the Numbers

Echols County has 96 farms on 27,413 acres (about 286 acres each). Together they sold $18.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and tangerines, and local fields produce mustard greens. Beekeepers tend about 6,210 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Echols County already sell straight to the public, about $45,000 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 Echols County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Echols County counts 121,798 egg-laying hens, 8,062 head of cattle and 86 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 144 people run or help run farms in Echols County, with an average age of 61. 32% of them are women. 16 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Echols County stands out: it ranks #4 of 124 GA counties for honey bee colonies and #22 of 133 GA counties for egg-laying hens.