MENARD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Menard County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Fort Mc Kavett, Hext and and Menard. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Menard County by the Numbers

Menard County has 374 farms on 574,274 acres (about 1,535 acres each). Together they sold $12.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sheep & goats and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 38 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Menard County already sell straight to the public, about $39,000 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 Menard County

Menard County farms and homesteads keep 16,057 head of cattle, 10,488 goats and 4,664 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 711 people run or help run farms in Menard County, with an average age of 63. 41% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 59 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Menard County stands out: it ranks #14 of 241 TX counties for goats.