GRAYSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Grayson County? Backyard growers and small farms around Denison, Sherman and Gunter list it here. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Grayson County by the Numbers

Grayson County has 2,851 farms on 394,985 acres (about 139 acres each). Together they sold $87.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and apples, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,981 honey bee colonies.

145 farms in Grayson County already sell straight to the public, about $541,000 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 Grayson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 40,648 head of cattle, 9,396 horses and ponies and 8,621 egg-laying hens in Grayson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 5,032 people run or help run farms in Grayson County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 340 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Grayson County stands out: it ranks #8 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #16 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.