GONZALES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Cost, Gonzales and Ottine buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Texas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Gonzales County by the Numbers

Gonzales County has 1,870 farms on 630,773 acres (about 337 acres each). Together they sold $1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, onions and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 198 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Gonzales County already sell straight to the public, about $320,000 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 Gonzales County

Gonzales County farms and homesteads keep 9,876,002 egg-laying hens, 143,254 head of cattle and 1,821 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,293 people run or help run farms in Gonzales County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 193 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Gonzales County stands out: it ranks #1 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #6 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.