PARMER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Parmer County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Black, Bovina and and Lazbuddie. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Parmer County by the Numbers

Parmer County has 477 farms on 563,707 acres (about 1,182 acres each). Together they sold $1.4 billion of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and sorghum.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches.

7 farms in Parmer County already sell straight to the public, about $78,000 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 Parmer County

Parmer County farms and homesteads keep 362,742 head of cattle, 3,433 sheep and 769 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 851 people run or help run farms in Parmer County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Parmer County stands out: it ranks #4 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.