LAMAR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Lamar County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Barnesville, and Milner. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lamar County by the Numbers

Lamar County has 175 farms on 39,485 acres (about 226 acres each). Together they sold $63.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce bell peppers, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 147 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Lamar County already sell straight to the public, about $39,000 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 Lamar County

Lamar County farms and homesteads keep 4,242 head of cattle, 1,847 egg-laying hens and 233 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 294 people run or help run farms in Lamar County, with an average age of 60. 35% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.