JOHNSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Johnson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alvarado, Burleson and Joshua. 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 Johnson County by the Numbers

Johnson County has 2,745 farms on 287,921 acres (about 105 acres each). Together they sold $66 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, green beans and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 637 honey bee colonies.

124 farms in Johnson County already sell straight to the public, about $285,000 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 Johnson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 39,647 head of cattle, 18,984 egg-laying hens and 6,452 goats in Johnson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,811 people run or help run farms in Johnson County, with an average age of 58. 43% of them are women. 317 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Johnson County stands out: it ranks #9 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #20 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.