YADKIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Yadkin County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Boonville, East Bend and and Yadkinville. North Carolina favorites like sweet potatoes and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Yadkin County by the Numbers

Yadkin County has 754 farms on 98,329 acres (about 130 acres each). Together they sold $211.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 467 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Yadkin County already sell straight to the public, about $871,000 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 Yadkin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,747,457 egg-laying hens, 17,264 head of cattle and 735 horses and ponies in Yadkin County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,262 people run or help run farms in Yadkin County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 122 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 Yadkin County stands out: it ranks #1 of 78 NC counties for egg-laying hens and #18 of 100 NC counties for number of farms.