FOARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Foard County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Crowell and the rest of Foard County. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches 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 Foard County by the Numbers

Foard County has 184 farms on 441,647 acres (about 2,400 acres each). Together they sold $11.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

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

Farm Life in Foard County

Foard County farms and homesteads keep 19,264 head of cattle, 328 horses and ponies and 52 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 302 people run or help run farms in Foard County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 5 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.