LIBERTY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Ames, Cleveland and Hardin buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Liberty County by the Numbers

Liberty County has 1,321 farms on 234,400 acres (about 177 acres each). Together they sold $40.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and rice.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 2,094 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Liberty County already sell straight to the public, about $75,000 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 Liberty County

Liberty County farms and homesteads keep 41,968 head of cattle, 8,218 egg-laying hens and 1,855 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,219 people run or help run farms in Liberty County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 136 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Liberty County stands out: it ranks #14 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies and #40 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens.