FANNIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bailey to Ivanhoe, Fannin County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fannin County by the Numbers

Fannin County has 2,108 farms on 417,464 acres (about 198 acres each). Together they sold $103.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 6,880 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Fannin County already sell straight to the public, about $263,000 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 Fannin County

Fannin County farms and homesteads keep 63,752 head of cattle, 7,357 egg-laying hens and 3,162 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,712 people run or help run farms in Fannin County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 279 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fannin County stands out: it ranks #6 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies and #25 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.