MASON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Mason County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Fredonia, Mason and and Pontotoc. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Mason County by the Numbers

Mason County has 650 farms on 591,985 acres (about 911 acres each). Together they sold $50.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce cantaloupes, okra, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 20 honey bee colonies.

14 farms in Mason County already sell straight to the public, about $448,000 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 Mason County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,001 head of cattle, 6,639 goats and 4,090 sheep in Mason County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,169 people run or help run farms in Mason County, with an average age of 61. 38% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 110 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mason County stands out: it ranks #24 of 241 TX counties for goats.