Rockingham

Rockingham County, North Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Rockingham County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Eden, Madison and Stokesdale. North Carolina favorites like blueberries and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Rockingham County by the Numbers

Rockingham County has 769 farms on 109,295 acres (about 142 acres each). Together they sold $28.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by tobacco, soybeans and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pecans and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons and kale. Beekeepers tend about 492 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Rockingham County already sell straight to the public, about $449,000 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 Rockingham County

Rockingham County farms and homesteads keep 10,451 head of cattle, 728 horses and ponies and 547 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,264 people run or help run farms in Rockingham County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Rockingham County stands out: it ranks #16 of 100 NC counties for number of farms.