PICKETT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Byrdstown, Pickett County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Pickett County by the Numbers

Pickett County has 240 farms on 34,644 acres (about 144 acres each). Together they sold $17.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

12 farms in Pickett County already sell straight to the public, about $8,000 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 Pickett County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,704 head of cattle, 373 egg-laying hens and 243 goats in Pickett County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 383 people run or help run farms in Pickett County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 33 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.