LEON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Leon County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Centerville, Flynn and Leona. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Leon County by the Numbers

Leon County has 1,597 farms on 423,117 acres (about 265 acres each). Together they sold $233.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, pecans and grapes, and local fields produce cantaloupes, green peas, kale and cauliflower.

55 farms in Leon County already sell straight to the public, about $118,000 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 Leon County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Leon County counts 87,738 head of cattle, 1,575 horses and ponies and 761 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,814 people run or help run farms in Leon County, with an average age of 62. 40% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 30 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Leon County stands out: it ranks #26 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales and #44 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.