CHEROKEE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Cherokee County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Cuney, Dialville and and Wells. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cherokee County by the Numbers

Cherokee County has 1,411 farms on 325,551 acres (about 231 acres each). Together they sold $120.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, pecans and peaches, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 507 honey bee colonies.

48 farms in Cherokee County already sell straight to the public, about $235,000 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 Cherokee County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cherokee County counts 59,225 head of cattle, 3,356 egg-laying hens and 1,543 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,356 people run or help run farms in Cherokee County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 149 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.