JONES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jones County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Anson, Avoca and and Stamford. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jones County by the Numbers

Jones County has 988 farms on 564,608 acres (about 571 acres each). Together they sold $73.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pomegranates and grapes, and local fields produce okra, green onions and onions. Beekeepers tend about 116 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Jones County already sell straight to the public, about $9,000 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 Jones County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Jones County counts 45,271 head of cattle, 6,530 egg-laying hens and 1,181 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,680 people run or help run farms in Jones County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 89 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Jones County stands out: it ranks #46 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.