HUDSPETH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dell City, Fort Hancock and and Sierra Blanca buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Hudspeth County by the Numbers

Hudspeth County has 162 farms on 2,642,028 acres (about 16,309 acres each). Together they sold $64.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and pistachios.

4 farms in Hudspeth County already sell straight to the public, about $1,000 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 Hudspeth County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hudspeth County counts 16,235 head of cattle, 658 goats and 380 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 313 people run or help run farms in Hudspeth County, with an average age of 60. 26% of them are women. 14 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.