SWISHER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Swisher County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Happy, Kress and and Vigo Park. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Swisher County by the Numbers

Swisher County has 441 farms on 542,277 acres (about 1,230 acres each). Together they sold $749.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, cotton and corn.

2 farms in Swisher 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 Swisher County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 196,293 head of cattle, 1,920 horses and ponies and 345 egg-laying hens in Swisher County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 778 people run or help run farms in Swisher County, with an average age of 63. 37% of them are women. 47 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Swisher County stands out: it ranks #9 of 252 TX counties for total farm sales.