MEDINA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Medina County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Castroville, D Hanis and Mico. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Medina County by the Numbers

Medina County has 2,204 farms on 634,224 acres (about 288 acres each). Together they sold $82.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, olives and grapes, and local fields produce okra, cantaloupes, cucumbers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,890 honey bee colonies.

105 farms in Medina County already sell straight to the public, about $213,000 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 Medina County

Medina County farms and homesteads keep 37,161 head of cattle, 11,893 egg-laying hens and 5,145 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,992 people run or help run farms in Medina County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 238 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 106 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Medina County stands out: it ranks #22 of 254 TX counties for number of farms and #18 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.