MONTAGUE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Montague County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Texas for Bowie, Forestburg and Saint Jo. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Montague County by the Numbers

Montague County has 1,644 farms on 465,118 acres (about 283 acres each). Together they sold $62.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, squash and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 280 honey bee colonies.

58 farms in Montague County already sell straight to the public, about $142,000 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 Montague County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Montague County counts 73,289 head of cattle, 5,218 egg-laying hens and 1,896 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,837 people run or help run farms in Montague County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 146 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Montague County stands out: it ranks #43 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.