JACK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jack County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bryson, Jacksboro and and Perrin. 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 Jack County by the Numbers

Jack County has 889 farms on 573,752 acres (about 645 acres each). Together they sold $42.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and wheat.

Beekeepers tend about 54 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in Jack County already sell straight to the public, about $386,000 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 Jack County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jack County counts 48,900 head of cattle, 2,757 goats and 1,879 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,517 people run or help run farms in Jack County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 90 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.