TEXAS COUNTY MARKET

Texas County, Missouri Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bucyrus, Cabool and Houston buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Missouri favorites like sweet corn and black walnuts show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Texas County by the Numbers

Texas County has 1,309 farms on 407,913 acres (about 312 acres each). Together they sold $70.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow walnuts, peaches and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, squash and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 64 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Texas County already sell straight to the public, about $58,000 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 Texas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Texas County counts 101,596 head of cattle, 22,621 egg-laying hens and 3,503 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,349 people run or help run farms in Texas County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 253 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.

Where Texas County stands out: it ranks #1 of 109 MO counties for goats and #10 of 114 MO counties for number of farms.