BLANCO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Blanco, Hye and and Round Mountain 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 Blanco County by the Numbers

Blanco County has 776 farms on 361,697 acres (about 466 acres each). Together they sold $18.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, pecans and olives, and local fields produce chile peppers, fresh herbs and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 282 honey bee colonies.

32 farms in Blanco County already sell straight to the public, about $89,000 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 Blanco County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Blanco County counts 15,356 head of cattle, 4,962 goats and 2,997 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,461 people run or help run farms in Blanco County, with an average age of 63. 43% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Blanco County stands out: it ranks #39 of 241 TX counties for goats.