IRION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Irion County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Barnhart, and Mertzon. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Irion County by the Numbers

Irion County has 160 farms on 672,190 acres (about 4,201 acres each). Together they sold $9.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans.

7 farms in Irion County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 Irion County

Irion County farms and homesteads keep 10,143 head of cattle, 4,192 sheep and 3,532 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 282 people run or help run farms in Irion County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.