EASTLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Eastland County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Carbon, Cisco and Olden. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Eastland County by the Numbers

Eastland County has 1,210 farms on 519,189 acres (about 429 acres each). Together they sold $37 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 353 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Eastland County already sell straight to the public, about $69,000 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 Eastland County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 37,464 head of cattle, 4,205 goats and 2,930 egg-laying hens in Eastland County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,212 people run or help run farms in Eastland County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Eastland County stands out: it ranks #46 of 241 TX counties for goats.