GAINES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Loop, Seagraves and and Seminole buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Gaines County by the Numbers

Gaines County has 624 farms on 810,019 acres (about 1,298 acres each). Together they sold $169.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 3 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Gaines County already sell straight to the public, about $178,000 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 Gaines County

Gaines County farms and homesteads keep 7,672 head of cattle, 714 egg-laying hens and 483 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,261 people run or help run farms in Gaines County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Gaines County stands out: it ranks #35 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.