MATAGORDA COUNTY MARKET

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

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

Farming in Matagorda County by the Numbers

Matagorda County has 814 farms on 545,730 acres (about 670 acres each). Together they sold $157.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, olives and figs. Beekeepers tend about 90 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Matagorda County already sell straight to the public, about $15,000 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 Matagorda County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 52,774 head of cattle, 1,728 egg-laying hens and 614 horses and ponies in Matagorda County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,397 people run or help run farms in Matagorda County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 90 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.

Where Matagorda County stands out: it ranks #40 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.