ARMSTRONG COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Armstrong County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Claude and the rest of Armstrong County. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Armstrong County by the Numbers

Armstrong County has 184 farms on 461,617 acres (about 2,509 acres each). Together they sold $69.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, sorghum and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Armstrong 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 Armstrong County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Armstrong County counts 38,091 head of cattle, 283 horses and ponies and 126 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 300 people run or help run farms in Armstrong County, with an average age of 60. 34% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.