ORANGEBURG COUNTY MARKET

Orangeburg County, South Carolina Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Orangeburg County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Carolina for Bowman, Branchville and Eutawville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Orangeburg County by the Numbers

Orangeburg County has 764 farms on 230,111 acres (about 301 acres each). Together they sold $303.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, honeydew melons, sweet corn and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 556 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Orangeburg County already sell straight to the public, about $676,000 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 Orangeburg County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 412,274 egg-laying hens, 6,110 head of cattle and 1,010 goats in Orangeburg County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,298 people run or help run farms in Orangeburg County, with an average age of 59. 29% of them are women. 118 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 32 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Orangeburg County stands out: it ranks #2 of 37 SC counties for egg-laying hens and #3 of 46 SC counties for total farm sales.