GOLIAD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Goliad County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Berclair, Fannin and and Goliad. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Goliad County by the Numbers

Goliad County has 1,092 farms on 416,291 acres (about 381 acres each). Together they sold $22 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 57 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Goliad County already sell straight to the public, about $16,000 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 Goliad County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 44,083 head of cattle, 2,879 egg-laying hens and 902 horses and ponies in Goliad County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,993 people run or help run farms in Goliad County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.