TYLER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Chester to Rockland, Tyler County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local onions when it comes into season in Texas. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Tyler County by the Numbers

Tyler County has 652 farms on 63,492 acres (about 97 acres each). Together they sold $9.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, peaches and persimmons, and local fields produce watermelons, green beans, tomatoes and eggplant.

43 farms in Tyler County already sell straight to the public, about $134,000 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 Tyler County

Tyler County farms and homesteads keep 8,766 head of cattle, 5,360 egg-laying hens and 818 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,176 people run or help run farms in Tyler County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 100 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.