CASTRO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Castro County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Dimmitt, Hart and and Nazareth. Texas favorites like onions and citrus 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 Castro County by the Numbers

Castro County has 415 farms on 570,818 acres (about 1,375 acres each). Together they sold $1.8 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Castro County already sell straight to the public. 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 Castro County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Castro County counts 582,951 head of cattle, 1,167 hogs and 553 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 765 people run or help run farms in Castro County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Castro County stands out: it ranks #2 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.