POLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Ace to Onalaska, Polk County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Polk County by the Numbers

Polk County has 594 farms on 82,869 acres (about 140 acres each). Together they sold $10.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 5,698 honey bee colonies.

27 farms in Polk County already sell straight to the public, about $100,000 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 Polk County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,850 head of cattle, 3,505 egg-laying hens and 686 horses and ponies in Polk County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,028 people run or help run farms in Polk County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Polk County stands out: it ranks #8 of 192 TX counties for honey bee colonies.