SUMTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Sumter County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in South Carolina for Sumter, Dalzell and Pinewood. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sumter County by the Numbers

Sumter County has 445 farms on 163,578 acres (about 368 acres each). Together they sold $171.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, green peas, collard greens and okra.

24 farms in Sumter County already sell straight to the public, about $310,000 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 Sumter County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Sumter County counts 502,019 turkeys, 6,266 head of cattle and 558 hogs.

About 754 people run or help run farms in Sumter County, with an average age of 59. 28% of them are women. 61 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sumter County stands out: it ranks #10 of 46 SC counties for total farm sales.