MIDLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Midland and the rest of Midland County buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Midland County by the Numbers

Midland County has 349 farms on 560,075 acres (about 1,605 acres each). Together they sold $19.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, apples and pears.

11 farms in Midland County already sell straight to the public, about $25,000 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 Midland County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Midland County counts 7,025 head of cattle, 2,188 goats and 1,310 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 627 people run or help run farms in Midland County, with an average age of 57. 43% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.