GLASSCOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Glasscock County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Garden City and the rest of Glasscock County. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Glasscock County by the Numbers

Glasscock County has 188 farms on 517,077 acres (about 2,750 acres each). Together they sold $28.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons and cantaloupes.

6 farms in Glasscock County already sell straight to the public, about $3 million 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 Glasscock County

Glasscock County farms and homesteads keep 5,716 head of cattle, 5,447 sheep and 630 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 352 people run or help run farms in Glasscock County, with an average age of 58. 31% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Glasscock County stands out: it ranks #7 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.