MILLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Colquitt and the rest of Miller County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Georgia. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Miller County by the Numbers

Miller County has 179 farms on 113,853 acres (about 636 acres each). Together they sold $97.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Miller County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Miller County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Miller County counts 13,218 head of cattle, 225 egg-laying hens and 146 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 311 people run or help run farms in Miller County, with an average age of 55. 32% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.