MAVERICK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Maverick County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Eagle Pass, El Indio and and Spofford. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Maverick County by the Numbers

Maverick County has 234 farms on 329,643 acres (about 1,409 acres each). Together they sold $44.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, sheep & goats and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and apples. Beekeepers tend about 6 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Maverick County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Maverick County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Maverick County counts 18,555 head of cattle, 1,423 egg-laying hens and 1,299 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 432 people run or help run farms in Maverick County, with an average age of 56. 31% of them are women. 39 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.