SHELBY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Shelby County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Center, Joaquin and and Timpson. 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 Shelby County by the Numbers

Shelby County has 799 farms on 252,770 acres (about 316 acres each). Together they sold $625.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, and local fields produce watermelons, potatoes, tomatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 82 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Shelby County already sell straight to the public, about $78,000 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 Shelby County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Shelby County counts 1,166,616 egg-laying hens, 43,650 head of cattle and 1,311 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,435 people run or help run farms in Shelby County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 136 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Shelby County stands out: it ranks #2 of 231 TX counties for egg-laying hens and #12 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.