MITCHELL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Colorado City to and Westbrook, Mitchell County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Mitchell County by the Numbers

Mitchell County has 459 farms on 582,475 acres (about 1,269 acres each). Together they sold $38 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and hay & other field crops.

Beekeepers tend about 13 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Mitchell County already sell straight to the public. 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 Mitchell County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Mitchell County counts 24,981 head of cattle, 2,608 sheep and 520 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 856 people run or help run farms in Mitchell County, with an average age of 62. 37% of them are women. 37 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.