FAYETTE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Fayette County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Carmine, Ellinger and Muldoon. 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 Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 2,905 farms on 470,955 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $78.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and figs, and local fields produce squash, okra, cucumbers and beets. Beekeepers tend about 624 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public. 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 Fayette County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 99,412 head of cattle, 1,412 goats and 1,199 hogs in Fayette County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,981 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 63. 38% of them are women. 235 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fayette County stands out: it ranks #7 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.