DAWSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Lamesa, Dawson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dawson County by the Numbers

Dawson County has 518 farms on 574,896 acres (about 1,110 acres each). Together they sold $52.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 66 honey bee colonies.

2 farms in Dawson County already sell straight to the public. 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 Dawson County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Dawson County counts 3,358 head of cattle, 536 sheep and 490 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,012 people run or help run farms in Dawson County, with an average age of 62. 45% of them are women. 77 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.