DALLAS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dallas, Irving and Duncanville buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Texas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Dallas County by the Numbers

Dallas County has 647 farms on 67,030 acres (about 104 acres each). Together they sold $32.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Local fields produce okra and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 370 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Dallas County already sell straight to the public, about $77,000 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 Dallas County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dallas County counts 14,533 head of cattle, 9,461 egg-laying hens and 1,854 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,111 people run or help run farms in Dallas County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 63 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.

Where Dallas County stands out: it ranks #33 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.