BURNET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bertram to and Cypress Mill, Burnet County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Burnet County by the Numbers

Burnet County has 1,428 farms on 425,682 acres (about 298 acres each). Together they sold $29.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, olives and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 374 honey bee colonies.

62 farms in Burnet County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 million 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 Burnet County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 24,265 head of cattle, 8,209 goats and 6,150 egg-laying hens in Burnet County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,570 people run or help run farms in Burnet County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 129 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Burnet County stands out: it ranks #20 of 241 TX counties for goats and #20 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.