LAMAR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arthur City, Blossom and Paris buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lamar County by the Numbers

Lamar County has 1,865 farms on 513,465 acres (about 275 acres each). Together they sold $85.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and wheat.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and grapes, and local fields produce okra, tomatoes, watermelons and onions. Beekeepers tend about 1,114 honey bee colonies.

47 farms in Lamar County already sell straight to the public, about $320,000 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 Lamar County

Lamar County farms and homesteads keep 88,004 head of cattle, 6,837 egg-laying hens and 1,896 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,226 people run or help run farms in Lamar County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 286 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lamar County stands out: it ranks #36 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #31 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.