COMAL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Comal County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Canyon Lake, Fischer and and Wetmore. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Comal County by the Numbers

Comal County has 888 farms on 107,388 acres (about 121 acres each). Together they sold $5.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by sheep & goats, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and plums, and local fields produce bell peppers, cabbage, kale and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 457 honey bee colonies.

59 farms in Comal County already sell straight to the public, about $516,000 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 Comal County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Comal County counts 7,011 head of cattle, 5,585 goats and 4,137 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,643 people run or help run farms in Comal County, with an average age of 60. 43% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Comal County stands out: it ranks #35 of 241 TX counties for goats and #39 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.