BROOKS COUNTY MARKET

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

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

Farming in Brooks County by the Numbers

Brooks County has 317 farms on 372,375 acres (about 1,175 acres each). Together they sold $24.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Local fields produce watermelons.

8 farms in Brooks County already sell straight to the public, about $6,000 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 Brooks County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 19,494 head of cattle, 455 egg-laying hens and 407 goats in Brooks County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 548 people run or help run farms in Brooks County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.