LAURENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Laurens County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Cadwell, Dexter and Rentz. Georgia favorites like pecans and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Laurens County by the Numbers

Laurens County has 674 farms on 155,200 acres (about 230 acres each). Together they sold $35.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, potatoes, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 501 honey bee colonies.

31 farms in Laurens County already sell straight to the public, about $40,000 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 Laurens County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Laurens County counts 78,347 egg-laying hens, 9,398 head of cattle and 796 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,048 people run or help run farms in Laurens County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 58 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Laurens County stands out: it ranks #3 of 159 GA counties for number of farms and #12 of 149 GA counties for goats.