TATE COUNTY MARKET

Tate County, Mississippi Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Coldwater to and Senatobia, Tate County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Tate County by the Numbers

Tate County has 503 farms on 144,720 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $37.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches. Beekeepers tend about 42 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Tate County already sell straight to the public, about $279,000 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 Tate County

Tate County farms and homesteads keep 22,573 head of cattle, 1,380 egg-laying hens and 1,090 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 890 people run or help run farms in Tate County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Tate County stands out: it ranks #4 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public and #10 of 73 MS counties for goats.