LUBBOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lubbock County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Lubbock, Ransom Canyon and and Wolfforth. Watch for local onions 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 Lubbock County by the Numbers

Lubbock County has 1,286 farms on 465,867 acres (about 362 acres each). Together they sold $160.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, garlic, lettuce and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 244 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Lubbock County already sell straight to the public, about $907,000 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 Lubbock County

Lubbock County farms and homesteads keep 38,032 head of cattle, 2,459 horses and ponies and 2,005 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,210 people run or help run farms in Lubbock County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 128 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lubbock County stands out: it ranks #22 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public and #39 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.