DECATUR COUNTY MARKET

Decatur County, Tennessee Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Decatur County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Bath Springs, Decaturville and and Sugar Tree. Tennessee favorites like sweet corn and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Decatur County by the Numbers

Decatur County has 348 farms on 85,476 acres (about 246 acres each). Together they sold $16.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, green beans, chile peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 198 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Decatur County already sell straight to the public, about $74,000 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 Decatur County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Decatur County counts 8,084 head of cattle, 1,302 egg-laying hens and 908 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 588 people run or help run farms in Decatur County, with an average age of 59. 32% of them are women. 55 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.