COMANCHE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Comanche to and Sidney, Comanche County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Comanche County by the Numbers

Comanche County has 1,500 farms on 596,256 acres (about 398 acres each). Together they sold $268.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons and okra. Beekeepers tend about 283 honey bee colonies.

44 farms in Comanche County already sell straight to the public, about $899,000 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 Comanche County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Comanche County counts 117,228 head of cattle, 11,713 sheep and 6,526 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,612 people run or help run farms in Comanche County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 192 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 42 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Comanche County stands out: it ranks #24 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales and #26 of 241 TX counties for goats.