BURLESON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Burleson County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Caldwell, Snook and and Somerville. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Burleson County by the Numbers

Burleson County has 1,528 farms on 300,620 acres (about 197 acres each). Together they sold $104.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches, and local fields produce fresh herbs, cucumbers, honeydew melons and squash. Beekeepers tend about 906 honey bee colonies.

46 farms in Burleson County already sell straight to the public, about $50,000 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 Burleson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Burleson County counts 233,196 egg-laying hens, 61,788 head of cattle and 1,152 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,658 people run or help run farms in Burleson County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 162 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Burleson County stands out: it ranks #4 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #48 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.