IRWIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Irwin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Ocilla, and Wray. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Irwin County by the Numbers

Irwin County has 286 farms on 116,408 acres (about 407 acres each). Together they sold $71.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and poultry & eggs.

Local fields produce watermelons, potatoes and squash.

9 farms in Irwin County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Irwin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,612 head of cattle, 489 goats and 266 egg-laying hens in Irwin County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 492 people run or help run farms in Irwin County, with an average age of 58. 26% of them are women. 63 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.