TERRELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bronwood to and Parrott, Terrell County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local Vidalia onions when it comes into season in Georgia. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Terrell County by the Numbers

Terrell County has 272 farms on 168,890 acres (about 621 acres each). Together they sold $93.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Terrell County already sell straight to the public, about $6,000 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 Terrell County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,614 head of cattle, 188 egg-laying hens and 176 horses and ponies in Terrell County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 429 people run or help run farms in Terrell County, with an average age of 63. 26% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.