SMITH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Smith County? Backyard growers and small farms around Tyler, Arp and Mt Sylvan list it here. Watch for local citrus when it comes into season in Texas. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Smith County by the Numbers

Smith County has 2,495 farms on 251,235 acres (about 101 acres each). Together they sold $70.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce watermelons, green peas, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 1,647 honey bee colonies.

129 farms in Smith County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 million 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 Smith County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 95,257 egg-laying hens, 43,997 head of cattle and 3,344 horses and ponies in Smith County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 4,366 people run or help run farms in Smith County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 278 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Smith County stands out: it ranks #10 of 196 TX counties for selling food straight to the public and #14 of 254 TX counties for number of farms.