HOPKINS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Hopkins County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Brashear, Como and Saltillo. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hopkins County by the Numbers

Hopkins County has 1,873 farms on 317,431 acres (about 169 acres each). Together they sold $342.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce watermelons, green peas, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 427 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Hopkins County already sell straight to the public, about $467,000 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 Hopkins County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hopkins County counts 119,113 egg-laying hens, 110,911 head of cattle and 2,338 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,202 people run or help run farms in Hopkins County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 201 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hopkins County stands out: it ranks #12 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #21 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.