MCDUFFIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in McDuffie County? Backyard growers and small farms around Dearing, and Thomson list it here. Georgia favorites like peaches and pecans show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in McDuffie County by the Numbers

McDuffie County has 243 farms on 56,083 acres (about 231 acres each). Together they sold $52.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and eggplant.

18 farms in McDuffie County already sell straight to the public, about $136,000 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 McDuffie County

McDuffie County farms and homesteads keep 8,710 head of cattle, 1,998 egg-laying hens and 453 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 420 people run or help run farms in McDuffie County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.