HENDERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Athens to Larue, Henderson County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Henderson County by the Numbers

Henderson County has 1,891 farms on 263,600 acres (about 139 acres each). Together they sold $44.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, onions and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 525 honey bee colonies.

81 farms in Henderson County already sell straight to the public, about $875,000 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 Henderson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 62,098 head of cattle, 9,247 egg-laying hens and 2,799 horses and ponies in Henderson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,161 people run or help run farms in Henderson County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 197 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 Henderson County stands out: it ranks #32 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #25 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public.