DONLEY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Donley County? Backyard growers and small farms around Clarendon, Hedley and and Lelia Lake list it here. 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 Donley County by the Numbers

Donley County has 333 farms on 585,161 acres (about 1,757 acres each). Together they sold $85 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and corn.

5 farms in Donley County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Donley County

Donley County farms and homesteads keep 63,103 head of cattle, 656 sheep and 284 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 636 people run or help run farms in Donley County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 49 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.