BOSQUE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cranfills Gap, Iredell and Morgan buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bosque County by the Numbers

Bosque County has 1,384 farms on 586,420 acres (about 424 acres each). Together they sold $69.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes. Beekeepers tend about 223 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Bosque County already sell straight to the public, about $76,000 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 Bosque County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 47,253 head of cattle, 4,316 goats and 3,664 egg-laying hens in Bosque County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,453 people run or help run farms in Bosque County, with an average age of 62. 41% of them are women. 106 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 36 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bosque County stands out: it ranks #43 of 241 TX counties for goats.