KAUFMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crandall, Forney and and Terrell buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kaufman County by the Numbers

Kaufman County has 2,478 farms on 280,030 acres (about 113 acres each). Together they sold $49.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and figs, and local fields produce fresh herbs, collard greens, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 1,442 honey bee colonies.

86 farms in Kaufman County already sell straight to the public, about $506,000 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 Kaufman County

Kaufman County farms and homesteads keep 55,746 head of cattle, 14,816 egg-laying hens and 3,790 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 4,219 people run or help run farms in Kaufman County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 305 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 17 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kaufman County stands out: it ranks #15 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #25 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.