COTTLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Cottle County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cee Vee, and Chalk. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans 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 Cottle County by the Numbers

Cottle County has 258 farms on 569,008 acres (about 2,205 acres each). Together they sold $25.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 4 honey bee colonies.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Cottle County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cottle County counts 23,792 head of cattle, 762 sheep and 360 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 426 people run or help run farms in Cottle County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 12 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.