MILLS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Goldthwaite, Mullin and and Priddy buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Mills County by the Numbers

Mills County has 874 farms on 378,004 acres (about 432 acres each). Together they sold $44.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, pears and chestnuts. Beekeepers tend about 36 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Mills County already sell straight to the public, about $114,000 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 Mills County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 28,424 sheep, 26,402 head of cattle and 17,005 goats in Mills County. Local wool, lamb and fiber crafts often trade hands at farmers markets.

About 1,578 people run or help run farms in Mills County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 100 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 48 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Mills County stands out: it ranks #9 of 241 TX counties for goats.