OLDHAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Oldham County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adrian, Boys Ranch and and Wildorado. Texas favorites like citrus and pecans show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Oldham County by the Numbers

Oldham County has 178 farms on 896,031 acres (about 5,034 acres each). Together they sold $99.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and sorghum.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, plums and pecans.

6 farms in Oldham County already sell straight to the public, about $13,000 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 Oldham County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Oldham County counts 104,225 head of cattle, 373 horses and ponies and 114 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 338 people run or help run farms in Oldham County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.