SURRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Surry County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in North Carolina for Ararat, Dobson and Pilot Mountain. North Carolina favorites like apples and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Surry County by the Numbers

Surry County has 933 farms on 105,791 acres (about 113 acres each). Together they sold $337.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, hogs and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 540 honey bee colonies.

83 farms in Surry County already sell straight to the public, about $7.9 million 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 Surry County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Surry County counts 767,749 egg-laying hens, 21,437 hogs and 17,892 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,531 people run or help run farms in Surry County, with an average age of 59. 31% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Surry County stands out: it ranks #2 of 89 NC counties for selling food straight to the public and #4 of 78 NC counties for egg-laying hens.