FLOYD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Dougherty to and Lockney, Floyd County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Floyd County by the Numbers

Floyd County has 457 farms on 634,965 acres (about 1,389 acres each). Together they sold $165.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, corn and vegetables.

Local fields produce watermelons.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Floyd County

Floyd County farms and homesteads keep 53,490 head of cattle, 432 egg-laying hens and 321 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 930 people run or help run farms in Floyd County, with an average age of 61. 35% of them are women. 64 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Floyd County stands out: it ranks #38 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.