MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Madison County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Jackson, Beech Bluff and Oakfield. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 618 farms on 166,694 acres (about 270 acres each). Together they sold $70.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 88 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public. 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 Madison County

Madison County farms and homesteads keep 4,693 head of cattle, 1,661 egg-laying hens and 578 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 988 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 78 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.