DUVAL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Concepcion to and San Diego, Duval County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Duval County by the Numbers

Duval County has 1,044 farms on 1,115,787 acres (about 1,069 acres each). Together they sold $15 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apricots, oranges and bananas, and local fields produce watermelons, okra, pumpkins and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 106 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Duval County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Duval County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 33,716 head of cattle, 1,032 hogs and 804 egg-laying hens in Duval County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,738 people run or help run farms in Duval County, with an average age of 63. 32% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 64 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.