SCHLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Schley County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Georgia for Ellaville and the rest of Schley County. Georgia favorites like Vidalia onions and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Schley County by the Numbers

Schley County has 101 farms on 30,068 acres (about 298 acres each). Together they sold $15.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 208 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Schley County already sell straight to the public, about $50,000 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 Schley County

Schley County farms and homesteads keep 1,658 head of cattle, 270 goats and 181 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 177 people run or help run farms in Schley County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 31 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.