CARSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Groom to and White Deer, Carson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches 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 Carson County by the Numbers

Carson County has 367 farms on 582,593 acres (about 1,587 acres each). Together they sold $122.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, cotton and sorghum.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Carson County already sell straight to the public, about $26,000 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 Carson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Carson County counts 13,539 head of cattle, 591 egg-laying hens and 405 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 697 people run or help run farms in Carson County, with an average age of 60. 28% of them are women. 52 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.