BROWN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Brown County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bangs, Blanket and and Zephyr. 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 Brown County by the Numbers

Brown County has 1,680 farms on 475,421 acres (about 283 acres each). Together they sold $42 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 111 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Brown County already sell straight to the public, about $207,000 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 Brown County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,968 head of cattle, 10,528 sheep and 5,910 goats in Brown County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,906 people run or help run farms in Brown County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 128 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 52 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Brown County stands out: it ranks #33 of 241 TX counties for goats and #40 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.