DEAF SMITH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dawn, and Hereford buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Deaf Smith County by the Numbers

Deaf Smith County has 663 farms on 957,798 acres (about 1,445 acres each). Together they sold $1.9 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

1 farms in Deaf Smith 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 Deaf Smith County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Deaf Smith County counts 700,069 head of cattle, 915 sheep and 438 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,238 people run or help run farms in Deaf Smith County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Deaf Smith County stands out: it ranks #1 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.