MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Madisonville, Midway and and North Zulch buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 819 farms on 214,931 acres (about 262 acres each). Together they sold $185.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce green beans and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 127 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $60,000 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 Madison County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Madison County counts 39,479 head of cattle, 2,040 egg-laying hens and 1,103 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,390 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 124 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Madison County stands out: it ranks #33 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.