JIM WELLS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Alice, Orange Grove and and Premont buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jim Wells County by the Numbers

Jim Wells County has 960 farms on 398,796 acres (about 415 acres each). Together they sold $72.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sorghum and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 292 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Jim Wells County already sell straight to the public, about $73,000 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 Jim Wells County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jim Wells County counts 28,174 head of cattle, 3,954 egg-laying hens and 1,436 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,587 people run or help run farms in Jim Wells County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 103 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.