DYER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Dyer County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Tennessee for Dyersburg, Finley and and Trimble. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Tennessee. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dyer County by the Numbers

Dyer County has 407 farms on 249,678 acres (about 613 acres each). Together they sold $161.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 227 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Dyer County already sell straight to the public, about $70,000 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 Dyer County

Dyer County farms and homesteads keep 6,348 head of cattle, 662 egg-laying hens and 592 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 640 people run or help run farms in Dyer County, with an average age of 59. 26% of them are women. 22 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Dyer County stands out: it ranks #7 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.