CLAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Clay County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bellevue, Byers and and Petrolia. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Clay County by the Numbers

Clay County has 881 farms on 680,467 acres (about 772 acres each). Together they sold $80.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and apples. Beekeepers tend about 181 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Clay County already sell straight to the public, about $42,000 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 Clay County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 92,997 head of cattle, 1,496 horses and ponies and 1,263 egg-laying hens in Clay County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,421 people run or help run farms in Clay County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 81 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.