KERR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Kerr County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Camp Verde, Hunt and and Mountain Home. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Kerr County by the Numbers

Kerr County has 987 farms on 390,194 acres (about 395 acres each). Together they sold $11.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and olives, and local fields produce garlic, watermelons, asparagus and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 198 honey bee colonies.

35 farms in Kerr County already sell straight to the public, about $96,000 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 Kerr County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Kerr County counts 8,800 goats, 7,949 head of cattle and 5,567 sheep. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 1,847 people run or help run farms in Kerr County, with an average age of 63. 39% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 93 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Kerr County stands out: it ranks #17 of 241 TX counties for goats.