PANOLA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Panola County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Beckville, Carthage and and Long Branch. 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 Panola County by the Numbers

Panola County has 744 farms on 142,072 acres (about 191 acres each). Together they sold $96.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, plums and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, squash and onions. Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Panola County already sell straight to the public, about $272,000 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 Panola County

Panola County farms and homesteads keep 27,630 head of cattle, 806 goats and 729 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,305 people run or help run farms in Panola County, with an average age of 61. 39% of them are women. 55 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.