NEWTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bon Wier, Burkeville and and Wiergate buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local peaches when it comes into season in Texas. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Newton County by the Numbers

Newton County has 426 farms on 25,609 acres (about 60 acres each). Together they sold $2.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Local fields produce watermelons, green beans, cucumbers and green peas. Beekeepers tend about 183 honey bee colonies.

21 farms in Newton County already sell straight to the public, about $35,000 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 Newton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,850 head of cattle, 3,241 egg-laying hens and 976 goats in Newton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 694 people run or help run farms in Newton County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.