HARDIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Hardin County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Batson, Kountze and Thicket. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hardin County by the Numbers

Hardin County has 606 farms on 36,858 acres (about 61 acres each). Together they sold $4.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, lemons and pears, and local fields produce potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 12,555 honey bee colonies.

53 farms in Hardin County already sell straight to the public, about $52,000 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 Hardin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hardin County counts 5,648 head of cattle, 4,729 egg-laying hens and 1,090 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,051 people run or help run farms in Hardin County, with an average age of 57. 43% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hardin County stands out: it ranks #4 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.