STEPHENS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Stephens County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Breckenridge, and Caddo. Texas favorites like pecans and peaches show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Stephens County by the Numbers

Stephens County has 454 farms on 387,474 acres (about 853 acres each). Together they sold $9.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and soybeans.

Beekeepers tend about 48 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Stephens County already sell straight to the public, about $3,000 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 Stephens County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Stephens County counts 18,280 head of cattle, 2,375 egg-laying hens and 648 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 750 people run or help run farms in Stephens County, with an average age of 62. 32% of them are women. 57 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.