OBION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Obion County? Backyard growers and small farms around Hornbeak, Obion and and Union City list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Obion County by the Numbers

Obion County has 538 farms on 245,012 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $207.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 101 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Obion County already sell straight to the public, about $73,000 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 Obion County

Obion County farms and homesteads keep 20,515 hogs, 12,678 head of cattle and 406 sheep.

About 836 people run or help run farms in Obion County, with an average age of 60. 31% of them are women. 73 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Obion County stands out: it ranks #3 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales.