TAYLOR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Taylor County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Abilene, Buffalo Gap and Ovalo. Texas favorites like peaches and onions show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Taylor County by the Numbers

Taylor County has 1,222 farms on 365,679 acres (about 299 acres each). Together they sold $20.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, wheat and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 209 honey bee colonies.

50 farms in Taylor County already sell straight to the public, about $145,000 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 Taylor County

Taylor County farms and homesteads keep 13,457 head of cattle, 5,396 goats and 3,326 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,167 people run or help run farms in Taylor County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 125 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 32 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Taylor County stands out: it ranks #36 of 241 TX counties for goats.