TAYLOR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Taylor County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Butler, Howard and and Rupert. Georgia favorites like blueberries and Vidalia onions show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Taylor County by the Numbers

Taylor County has 211 farms on 84,840 acres (about 402 acres each). Together they sold $68.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and soybeans.

Local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 16 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Taylor County already sell straight to the public. 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 Taylor County

Taylor County farms and homesteads keep 4,906 head of cattle, 671 egg-laying hens and 318 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 381 people run or help run farms in Taylor County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 49 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.