FISHER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Mc Caulley, Roby and and Sylvester buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fisher County by the Numbers

Fisher County has 558 farms on 387,119 acres (about 694 acres each). Together they sold $51.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 19 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Fisher County already sell straight to the public, about $5,000 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 Fisher County

Fisher County farms and homesteads keep 18,749 head of cattle, 1,194 sheep and 919 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 983 people run or help run farms in Fisher County, with an average age of 61. 34% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.