REAL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Camp Wood to and Rio Frio, Real County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Real County by the Numbers

Real County has 212 farms on 291,417 acres (about 1,375 acres each). Together they sold $2.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and honey.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 120 honey bee colonies.

19 farms in Real County already sell straight to the public, about $179,000 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 Real County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,680 head of cattle, 1,844 goats and 1,299 sheep in Real County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 397 people run or help run farms in Real County, with an average age of 63. 40% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 42 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.