WILCOX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Abbeville to and Rochelle, Wilcox County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local pecans 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 Wilcox County by the Numbers

Wilcox County has 211 farms on 85,098 acres (about 403 acres each). Together they sold $120.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cotton and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and tangerines, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, eggplant and broccoli.

8 farms in Wilcox County already sell straight to the public, about $141,000 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 Wilcox County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,807 head of cattle, 851 egg-laying hens and 157 goats in Wilcox County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 354 people run or help run farms in Wilcox County, with an average age of 62. 32% of them are women. 19 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.