ATASCOSA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Campbellton, Charlotte and Lytle buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Atascosa County by the Numbers

Atascosa County has 1,673 farms on 688,382 acres (about 411 acres each). Together they sold $65.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and tangerines, and local fields produce cucumbers, okra, collard greens and mustard greens. Beekeepers tend about 111 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Atascosa County already sell straight to the public, about $258,000 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 Atascosa County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Atascosa County counts 65,442 head of cattle, 4,667 egg-laying hens and 1,776 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,793 people run or help run farms in Atascosa County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 132 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 49 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Atascosa County stands out: it ranks #41 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.