AUSTIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Austin County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bellville, Industry and and Wallis. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Austin County by the Numbers

Austin County has 1,930 farms on 258,883 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $57.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce carrots, okra, bell peppers and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 607 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Austin County already sell straight to the public, about $232,000 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 Austin County

Austin County farms and homesteads keep 61,617 head of cattle, 6,255 egg-laying hens and 2,656 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,376 people run or help run farms in Austin County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 229 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Austin County stands out: it ranks #31 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #47 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.