STARR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Starr County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Falcon Heights, Garciasville and and San Isidro. Texas favorites like onions and citrus show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Starr County by the Numbers

Starr County has 1,126 farms on 468,257 acres (about 416 acres each). Together they sold $73 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, sorghum and corn.

Beekeepers tend about 24 honey bee colonies.

39 farms in Starr County already sell straight to the public, about $57,000 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 Starr County

Starr County farms and homesteads keep 50,623 head of cattle, 3,608 goats and 2,227 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,919 people run or help run farms in Starr County, with an average age of 57. 31% of them are women. 154 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 43 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.