PRESIDIO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Presidio County? Backyard growers and small farms around Marfa, Presidio and and Redford list it here. Watch for local peaches 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 Presidio County by the Numbers

Presidio County has 147 farms on 2,363,110 acres (about 16,076 acres each). Together they sold $41.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, horses and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pomegranates. Beekeepers tend about 4 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Presidio County already sell straight to the public, about $22,000 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 Presidio County

Presidio County farms and homesteads keep 33,956 head of cattle, 1,403 goats and 490 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 256 people run or help run farms in Presidio County, with an average age of 59. 29% of them are women. 9 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.