CHILDRESS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Childress County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Kirkland, and Tell. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Childress County by the Numbers

Childress County has 334 farms on 444,942 acres (about 1,332 acres each). Together they sold $26.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, cattle and hay & other field crops.

2 farms in Childress 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 Childress County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,243 head of cattle, 193 horses and ponies and 113 egg-laying hens in Childress County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 552 people run or help run farms in Childress County, with an average age of 62. 35% of them are women. 11 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.