PECOS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pecos County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Coyanosa, Fort Stockton and and Sheffield. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pecos County by the Numbers

Pecos County has 249 farms on 3,013,934 acres (about 12,104 acres each). Together they sold $48.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and sheep & goats.

3 farms in Pecos County already sell straight to the public. 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 Pecos County

Pecos County farms and homesteads keep 25,933 head of cattle, 14,902 sheep and 8,757 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 390 people run or help run farms in Pecos County, with an average age of 59. 33% of them are women. 20 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pecos County stands out: it ranks #18 of 241 TX counties for goats.