LOVING COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Mentone and the rest of Loving County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Loving County by the Numbers

Loving County has 11 farms on 424,193 acres (about 38,563 acres each). Together they sold $1.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by sorghum.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Loving County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Loving County counts 2,786 head of cattle and 60 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 18 people run or help run farms in Loving County, with an average age of 55. 28% of them are women. 3 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.