NAVARRO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barry, Blooming Grove and Frost buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Navarro County by the Numbers

Navarro County has 2,213 farms on 468,616 acres (about 212 acres each). Together they sold $65 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, plums and peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, potatoes and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 329 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Navarro County already sell straight to the public, about $199,000 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 Navarro County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 66,651 head of cattle, 6,035 egg-laying hens and 3,124 sheep in Navarro County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 3,863 people run or help run farms in Navarro County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 232 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Navarro County stands out: it ranks #21 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.