WEAKLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Weakley County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Dresden, Dukedom and Palmersville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Weakley County by the Numbers

Weakley County has 836 farms on 291,965 acres (about 349 acres each). Together they sold $246.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and plums, and local fields produce cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 92 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Weakley 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 Weakley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Weakley County counts 126,670 egg-laying hens, 74,395 hogs and 13,219 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,428 people run or help run farms in Weakley County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 156 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Weakley County stands out: it ranks #1 of 95 TN counties for total farm sales and #6 of 85 TN counties for egg-laying hens.