BRISCOE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Briscoe County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Quitaque, and Silverton. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Briscoe County by the Numbers

Briscoe County has 152 farms on 585,760 acres (about 3,854 acres each). Together they sold $54.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and wheat.

2 farms in Briscoe County already sell straight to the public. 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 Briscoe County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 45,616 head of cattle, 199 horses and ponies and 103 goats in Briscoe County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 261 people run or help run farms in Briscoe County, with an average age of 64. 39% of them are women. 9 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.