ELLIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Ellis County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bardwell, Ennis and Maypearl list it here. 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 Ellis County by the Numbers

Ellis County has 2,563 farms on 377,200 acres (about 147 acres each). Together they sold $78.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, plums and limes, and local fields produce watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes and mustard greens.

101 farms in Ellis County already sell straight to the public, about $375,000 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 Ellis County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 47,461 head of cattle, 10,521 egg-laying hens and 4,433 sheep in Ellis County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,404 people run or help run farms in Ellis County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 274 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ellis County stands out: it ranks #11 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #30 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.