BEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Bee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Beeville, Mineral and Skidmore. 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 Bee County by the Numbers

Bee County has 743 farms on 437,238 acres (about 588 acres each). Together they sold $36.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 1,220 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Bee County already sell straight to the public, about $62,000 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 Bee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Bee County counts 30,262 head of cattle, 2,891 egg-laying hens and 848 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,325 people run or help run farms in Bee County, with an average age of 62. 40% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 34 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bee County stands out: it ranks #29 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.