REFUGIO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Refugio County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Austwell, Bayside and and Woodsboro. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Refugio County by the Numbers

Refugio County has 315 farms on 369,313 acres (about 1,172 acres each). Together they sold $38.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, cattle and sorghum.

Local fields produce kale, fresh herbs, spinach and collard greens. Beekeepers tend about 64 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Refugio 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 Refugio County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 24,249 head of cattle, 1,693 horses and ponies and 1,447 egg-laying hens in Refugio County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 587 people run or help run farms in Refugio County, with an average age of 59. 38% of them are women. 46 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 9 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.